Martha Cratchit, Bob and Emily's oldest daughter and is a millner's apprentice.
The Cratchit family plays a significant role in Scrooge’s transformation by enabling him to feel empathy and sympathy.
Although a central figure of the tale, his passive character is overshadowed by that of Ebenezer Scrooge. Seven members of Cratchit's family are mentioned in the original story, four of whom are named: Mrs. Cratchit, Bob Cratchit's wife, who is named Emily in some adaptations. In The Muppet Christmas Carol, the members of the family include Bob Cratchit, wife Emily Cratchit, older son Peter Cratchit, twin daughters Betina and Belinda
Cratchit retains a loyalty to his boss despite the protestations of his wife.
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Bob gets to the point of begging Scrooge to take Christmas Day off, so he can spend time with his family.
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Cratchit is Scrooge's employee, a low-paid clerk with a large family. At his family’s Christmas dinner, Cratchit’s ill son, Tiny Tim (Glyn Dearman), delivers perhaps the film’s most memorable line, “God bless us, everyone.”…
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