#fezziwig

[witch-of-the-west-country]

Just tried to write "Detergent" on my phone's shopping list and hit a few wrong keys because I'm tired. Phone's autocorrect assumed I'd meant to type Fezziwig

[weltato]

I had a previous post about Clark's outfit but look at Joey's Fezziwig outfit

[thedivinelights]

A drawing I did for @a-christmas-carol-from-hr's ever amazing shitty straights AU!! We got Ellen Scrooge on the right, and Bellamy Fezziwig on the left! I wonder what she's mad about... (me knowing what she's mad about)

[portal-to-the-past]

The Saturday Evening Post - December 8, 1928 // Cover by Norman Rockwell

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[awigglycultist]

[adtothebone]

Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse, thanks to Mr. Fezziwig.

[princesssarisa]

Character ask: Fezziwig (A Christmas Carol)

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Favorite thing about them: What is there not to like about him? He's so jolly and full of zest for life, and such a good employer, who makes his employees happy and makes their work "a pleasure" instead of "a toil," as Scrooge says. He's everything that Scrooge should have been to Bob Cratchit, and being reminded of his goodness is essential to Scrooge's transformation.

Least favorite thing about them: That adaptations so often give him the short shrift. Dickens clearly meant him to be an important figure – an example of a kind, generous employer who serves as a role model for Scrooge. Yet so often the adaptations just give him a passing nod and use his party mainly as a vehicle for young Scrooge's romance with Belle, or worse, cut him out altogether. He matters and he deserves more attention!

Three things I have in common with them:

*I'm usually warm and generous to others.

*I love Christmas.

*I'm slightly overweight.

Three things I don't have in common with them:

*I'm not a business owner.

*I'm not married and have no children.

*I've never hosted a Christmas party.

Favorite line: “Yo ho, my boys! No more work to-night. Christmas Eve, Dick. Christmas, Ebenezer! Let’s have the shutters up before a man can say Jack Robinson!”

And then there's this speech not spoken by him, but about him by Scrooge, when the Ghost of Christmas Past asks why he should deserve such praise for spending only a few pounds on a party.

“It isn’t that. It isn’t that, Spirit. He has the power to render us happy or unhappy; to make our service light or burdensome; a pleasure or a toil. Say that his power lies in words and looks; in things so slight and insignificant that it is impossible to add and count ’em up: what then? The happiness he gives, is quite as great as if it cost a fortune.”

brOTP: His apprentices, his three daughters, and all the friends he surrounds himself with.

OTP: Mrs. Fezziwig.

nOTP: His apprentices.

Random headcanon: He's some type of merchant. I assume the fact that his workplace is described as a "warehouse" implies as much. I'm not sure what his merchandise is – in the George C. Scott version it's cloth, in Mickey's Christmas Carol it's tea, and in The Muppet Christmas Carol it's rubber chickens, which I assume is slightly anachronistic – but he seems like the type of man to deal in actual goods, not just cold cash like Scrooge and Marley. I don't think the Alan Menken musical's portrayal of him as a banker is accurate. I don't mind it, per se, but it's not how I imagine him.

Unpopular opinion: I don't think it's likely that Belle is his daughter. Not that I mind it when adaptations like Scrooge (1970) portray her as such, especially since Fezziwig does canonically have three daughters who are charming and popular with young men. But the fact that Belle describes herself as poor and lacking a dowry makes it unlikely that her father was a successful business owner whom Scrooge once worked for. Unless he eventually went bankrupt and lost his company, as in the 1951 film or the Alan Menken musical, which Dickens never implies happened.

Song I associate with them:

"Sir Roger de Coverly," a dance song the book specifies as being played by the fiddler at the Fezziwig party, and which often makes it into the adaptations too.

"December the 25th" from Scrooge.

"Mr. Fezziwig's Annual Christmas Ball" from A Christmas Carol: The Musical.

Favorite pictures of them:

This classic illustration by John Leech:

This illustration by Sol Eytinge Jr.

Forrester Harvey in the 1938 film.

Laurence Naismith in the 1970 musical Scrooge.

Fozzie Bear as "Fozziwig" in The Muppet Christmas Carol, 1992.

Ian McNeice in the 1999 TV film.

Brian Bedford (whom some of us know best as the voice of Disney's Robin Hood) in A Christmas Carol: The Musical, 2004.

Motion-captured Bob Hoskins in Disneys 2009 CGI film.

[shadowwingtronix]

Chapter By Chapter> A Christmas Carol stave 2

BW Media Spotlight gets to my favorite Spirit in Chapter By Chapter> A Christmas Carol stave 2

Chapter By Chapter (usually) features me reading one chapter of the selected book at a time and reviewing it as if I were reviewing an episode of a TV show or an issue of a comic. There will be spoilers if you haven’t read to the point I have, and if you’ve read further I ask that you don’t spoil anything further into the book. Think of it as a read-along book club.   By Charles Dickens In the…

[kristineknowlton]

We are less than a week away before I make my debut as Isabel Fezziwig in Fezziwig’s Christmas Party December 2nd at the American Legion of Absecon!! Please contact Mike Farrow at mikefarrow1@yahoo.com for tickets and info!! . . #fezziwigschristmasparty #theatre #livetheatre #christmasshow #dinnertheatre #absecon #nj #music #comedy #scrooge #originalshow #fezziwig https://www.instagram.com/p/ClebrIxOHdN/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[annaleigh]

I’m being so normal about the new Scrooge movie

[undeadchestnut]

Is this not how it happened

[shadow-von-vamp]

that headcanon that shadow’s middle name is fredrick actually comes from me making up a christmas carol au last year cause i thought it would be funny if eggman was scrooge and shadow had to be fred cause that’s his last living relative

[deardarlingthings]

Listen I will spam this, because I understand and also am on the Scrooge Train, but HER. Can we talk about Isabel Fezziwig, my beloved?

[thedivinelights]

Little Snippet of the Extortionists AU: Stave Two (Modern AU Jacob/Ebenezer, no spirits involved!)

Having a whole lot of fun with this story not gonna lie! And I REALLY love how this part turned out so have a snippy snip!

(SNIPPET UNDER THE CUT)

Fezziwig gestured for them to take a seat, his hands trembling slightly as he poured himself a stiff drink from the decanter on his desk. Marley remained composed, his expression unreadable as he watched the older man, while Scrooge leaned back in his chair, a faint sneer playing at the corners of his lips. Pastelle stood at the side, far from the negotiations, yet not so far as to be unseen, her hands placed behind her back as she watched on with a calculative eye.

“Would any of you care for a drink?” Fezziwig asked, hoping to retain some of that cordiality that he had been so well-known for.

Scrooge declined with a curt shake of his head, while Marley kept his eyes upon Fezziwig for a few moments longer, as if he expected the old man to pull a trick or two to get himself out of the precarious situation he found himself in.

“I, uh, don’t believe we’ve met.” Fezziwig chuckled nervously as he glanced over at Pastelle, hoping to stall for just a few moments more. “Are you a new hire?”

“Who she is shouldn’t be any of your concern, Old Fezziwig.” Marley cut off that dialogue before Pastelle could even hope to respond. “What you should be concerned with is whether or not this partnership between Asplex and FezziTech should be considered null and void.”

Fezziwig’s form seemed to wither under Marley’s scrutinising glare, even if he had refused to falter. “Listen, I know we haven’t delivered on time as we should have, but there was a massive chemical spill in one of our main factories and caused a fire which completely decimated our inventory. We’re doing our best to recover, but—”

“Four quarters, Fezziwig.” Marley’s timbre seemed judicious enough, but the coldness alone sent a shiver up the older man’s spine. “Now, I’m sure a man of your stature understands basic mathematics, but in case you’ve forgotten how business works, let me remind you that that’s a full year’s worth of missed shipments. Your bullshit excuses haven’t changed the fact that we’re the ones paying for your incompetence.”

Incredulous, Fezziwig opened his mouth to fire back a retort, but Marley continued.

“We have been more than patient with you, Nigel Fezziwig.” Marley leaned against his gloved hand, crossing his legs as his green eyes radiated with a sly glint. “We’ve shared history together. Scrooge and I will always be grateful for how you’ve brought us to where we are now, but gratitude can only get so far in our line of work, and neither of us are going to stand by while you piggyback off of our success, reaping the benefits like a leech.”

Fezziwig paled. “Jacob, my boy, you can’t just… we’ve worked together for years! You can’t seriously be thinking of cutting us off like this!"

“Come on, old man, don’t you have other companies to turn to?” Scrooge asked rhetorically, barely hiding the malicious grin that had spread across his face. It looked wrong. It felt wrong.

“Eben— Scrooge. Please, you must see some sense!” Fezziwig pleaded, begged, grovelled.

Scrooge continued undeterred, his smile more prominent now. “Oh yes, that’s right! We’re your main source of revenue, aren’t we? Without us, you’re nothing more than an old relic struggling to keep up with the changing times.”

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[piglinmyfeet]

Jimmy being a ghost is so currently relevant

It's just like A Christmas Carol, but is Jimmy the ghost of Christmas past present or future?

[awigglycultist]