Pohlads Decry 'A Christmas Carol' Ending

[RandBalls Stu]

‘It starts off strong, but the ending is really bleak.’

A Christmas Carol has spent almost two centuries being one of the holiday season’s most durable stories. Countless films, plays, and television shows have adapted the 1843 Charles Dickens novella faithfully, or updated the beloved tale for modern times.

Well, not beloved by everyone. For the Pohlad family, owners (for now) of the Minnesota Twins, it’s anything but a Christmas miracle.

“I’ll be honest, I just don’t get it,” said one family member. “This guy just gives his money away? Does he not know what money is? What kind of lesson is this teaching young shareholders?”

Sources say the family accidentally watched the version starring the late George C. Scott as Ebenezer Scrooge, a wealthy miser visited by the ghost of his former business partner, Jacob Marley, as well as the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future. The servant responsible for turning the television on and off at their weekly Costume Gala has allegedly been sent to a debtor’s prison.

“It starts off strong, but the ending is really bleak,” said another Pohlad. “You see Scrooge putting the hours in, grinding away, and then all of a sudden he starts getting soft. Grandpa Carl (Pohlad, who bought the Twins in 1984) worked on holidays all the time. Those family farms weren’t going to foreclose themselves.”

One plot point that really upset the viewers was the character of Tiny Tim, the sickly son of Scrooge’s employee, Bob Cratchit, whom Scrooge reluctantly gave PTO for Christmas.

“I feel bad for the child, but why is that Scrooge’s problem,” asked a Pohlad cousin. “He already gave his dad the day off with pay, which is frankly very generous. Take Tim to urgent care, get someone to cover your shift, or we’ll have AI do your job. These takers drive me nuts.”

“Start a GoFundMe or something,” said another. “I’ve seen a lot of poors have success with that.”

This is just the latest holiday film controversy involving the Pohlads, who unsuccessfully sued It’s a Wonderful Life director Frank Capra in 1977 for not letting George Bailey drown.

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[CRF]

The 1951 film of "A Christmas Carol" with Alastair Sim, is the gold standard for the movie versions of the story. A must watch holiday tradition. Strap Jim and Joe into a chair and make them watch it. 

[DJL44]

[Fire Dan Gladden]

Was this the security video of the Twins ownership office during a 2001 of this movie?

[mikelink45]

Are those Arizona men really the ghosts and will they cause the Pohlads to see the light or will they just see the billion dollar pay day.  I vote payday.

[singlesoverwalks]

Instant classic.

[sampleSizeOfOne]

12 hours ago, CRF said:

Strap Jim and Joe into a chair and make them watch it. 

And play some ol' Ludwig Van?

Real horror show like?

[nicksaviking]

[Jacksson]

"Barney, You're in the business army now; your only friend's a buck and the more bucks you've got, the more friends you've got", Fred Flintstone to Barney Rubble after Fred got Barney a job that he announced he was quitting because unbeknownst to Fred, Barney's first task was to repossess Fred's TV set.  I believe every Pohlad child is given a baby blanket which they keep for the entireity of their lives with this above quote on it.  And they live by it.