Ebbie (1995 TV Movie)

Lorena Gale: Rita, Ghost of Christmas Present

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Quotes 

• Rita : [commenting on her Christmas bonus]  I could call it a lot of things but I wouldn't call it generous.

• Ghost of Christmas Present : [in a moving driverless car on Christmas Day]  Feel that air!

  [sound of church bells] 

  Ghost of Christmas Present : Listen to that music! All over the city... music! Bells... bells are my favorites. *Ring those bells!* And people singing and laughing and happy! Mmmmmm, and those smells! Evergreen trees and chestnuts roasting and pies baking!

  Ebbie : I suppose you think I should be baking Christmas pies.

  Ghost of Christmas Present : You might give it a try, boss. Bake a pie... sing a song... wish somebody a happy holiday and mean it. We make our own happiness.

• Ebbie : [talking about Tim Cratchit]  He's not going to die, though?

  Ghost of Christmas Present : Everybody dies, boss.

  Ebbie : Yes, but he's just a child!

  Ghost of Christmas Present : Well, too many people in the world anyways. Isn't that what you said?

  Ebbie : I didn't mean him!

  Ghost of Christmas Present : Didn't you? Oh, which ones did you mean?

  Ebbie : [pause, then]  I wasn't thinking.

  Ghost of Christmas Present : Yup, there's a lot of that going around these days.

• Ebbie : [Christmas Present is showing her her neice's party]  These are all a lot of people I could never be comfortable with. I mean, I could never fit in here.

  Chost of Christmas Present : Feeling a little left out, are you?

  Ebbie : I was invited! I was always invited.

• Ebbie : [she's been shown Paul and his wife]  She's lovely, Paul. Oh, such a fool... it could have been me with him.

  Ghost of Christmas Present : Well, who's to say? Maybe it wouldn't have been the best thing, you know? I got to admit... he's a pretty darn nice guy. Time's up... gotta go.

  [She prepares to take them away] 

  Ebbie : [stops Christmas Present]  Paul... I want to be happy... I just don't know how to be happy.

• Ebbie : [she's being shown Ignorance and Poverty]  Are they yours?

  Ghost of Christmas Present : They belong to all of us... but they cling to me. The one is Ignorance... the other is Poverty. Beware them... they can destroy the world.

  Ebbie : They're children... they need security and love! They need loving parents like my niece! Isn't there someone to care for them? Some place?

  Ghost of Christmas Present : Aren't there orphanages? Aren't there shelters?