Sir Seymour Hicks gives a riveting performance as Ebenezer Scrooge, a mean old miser who wants nothing to do with Christmas, bitterly rejecting the company and well wishes of his fellow man. But on this Christmas Eve, Scrooge's former partner, Jacob Marley, an invisible but forceful ghostly presence, visits Scrooge to warn him that his time is running short. Throughout the long, cold night, the Ghosts of Christmases Past, Present and Future appear to Scrooge, taking him on a journey into the very spirit and magic of Christmas itself.