How many ghosts are in Scrooge?

[SlimJimmy]

Think about it before you answer.

[chillfactor]

1. Four?

[Rhiannon12866]

2. 4?

The ghost of his partner, Jacob Marley, then the spirits of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come?

[RockRaven]

3. Four?

Dead partner and Xmas past, present, ~future~

[Rincewind]

4. Considering that A Christmas Carol

was written in 1843, everyone in it is now a ghost.

[mobeau69]

5. George C. Scott was the best Scrooge.

So much better than the old B&W original imho.

[sl8]

6. Six?

Not my thought, I just saw it in a Reddit response to the same question. Two are children.

[ProfessorGAC]

7. Depends On The Version

In the 1951 version, Marley shows him a vision of others doomed to revisit their transgressions. There's 8 or 10 in that shot.
In that version, the two kids or want & despair, not ghosts.
Are we talking the book, or the various movie versions. Kind of a trick question.

[sl8]

8. Ah, thanks.

I didn't know enough to agree or disagree with their answer.




This was in the Reddit OP, but they got it from Facebook:

[ProfessorGAC]

9. Not A Trick Question Any Longer

Thanks to your posting that tweet, the answer is 4. The OP didn't include the part about visits. So, if that is the question...
They were four ghosts that visited Scrooge. All others were ancillary and weren't there to deal with Scrooge.
So, Marley & the spirits of past, present, & future. Four is the correct answer, I think.

[sl8]

10. Makes sense, thanks. nt

[electric_blue68]

13. I just answered quickly before I saw your post. Yes, I mentioned outside the window 👍

[SlimJimmy]

11. I count four. Marley, the ghost of past, present and future.

[electric_blue68]

12. First I'd say four, but he's shown (,Alister Sim version) ghosts out the window - maybe 10+?