Hey guys, Michael Webkinz here with a special room design post!
I love getting room designs from all of you, so I was happy when I saw that Nattie had sent me 6 great designs that actually told the classic story of “A Christmas Carol” by Charles Dickens. As Christmas is just around the corner, I thought that today would be the perfect time to share them with all of you. I have included the captions that Nattie sent with each screenshot so, sit back, relax… and enjoy “A Christmas Carol”… as told by Nattie!
A Christmas Carol, Part One… “The Counting House in London, 1843”
Christmas Eve is cold and bleak and we are at Scrooge and Marley’s Counting house, Marley has now been dead seven years. Ebenezer Scrooge is cold hearted and says Christmas is a humbug. Scrooge declines his nephew Fred’s Christmas dinner invitation, but allows his clerk Bob Cratchit to have Christmas Day off saying that it is a poor excuse picking a man’s pocket every 25th of December:
A Christmas Carol, Part Two… “Scrooge’s bedroom and the ghost of Marley”
Scrooge is visited by his dead partner Marley’s ghost, who is cursed to wander the earth dragging heavy chains due to his life of selfishness and greed. He tells Scrooge that to avoid this fate, Scrooge will be visited by three spirits or ghosts, (the ghost of Christmas Past, the Ghost of Christmas Present, and the the Ghost of Christmas Yet to come) and that Scrooge will need to listen to them and to change his ways:
A Christmas Carol, Part three… “The ghost of Christmas Past”
The ghost of Christmas Past takes Scrooge around to happier times when Scrooge was kinder to others. He had a lonely childhood, but was close to his younger sister Fan. Here he is enjoying a Christmas party with his kind hearted boss, Mr Fezziwig. People are dancing and talking and having a good time including Ebenezer Scrooge:
A Christmas Carol, Part Four… “The Ghost of Christmas Present”.
The ghost of Christmas Present shows Scrooge all of London celebrating including the impoverished family of Bob Cratchit, his clerk. Bob’s son, Tiny Tim, is full of happiness despite being very seriously ill and the Cratchit family enjoys Christmas despite being poor:
A Christmas Carol, Part Five… “The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come”.
The last ghost shows Scrooge the funeral of a wretched man that no one attended. There is only pleasure not sadness in this man’s death. They go to the neglected grave of this man and it bears the name Ebenezer Scrooge. Scrooge then pledges to the ghost that he will change his miserly ways:
A Christmas Carol, Part Six… “Scrooge on Christmas morning”
Scrooge awakens in the morning and he hasn’t missed Christmas this year. He has repented, and he now has joy in his heart. He sends a prize turkey to the Crachit’s, gives Bob Crachit a raise, and spends the day with his nephew Fred’s family. He is a forever changed man:
The End
Congratulations Nattie and thanks for sending these in :) I truly enjoyed looking at them and appreciate all the work that went into each design.
Want to send me screenshots of some of your favorite rooms? E-mail them to me at letsbuild@ganz.com.
Happy Holidays to the entire Webkinz Newz community! I hope everyone enjoys the festive season and has an amazing New Year!
First of all a huge thank you to you Michael for sharing my Christmas Carol. Wow! I am so excited and feel very honored that you featured my rooms. I love telling stories with my room designs, and when I saw the new Victorian Christmas room theme for some reason the first thing that came to mind was the Fezziwig’s Christmas party in A Christmas Carol. It all just quickly moved forward from there. Thank you so much again!!! Also big thank you to all of you for your amazing comments. I am humbled, for sure. It was such a lot of fun doing the rooms and the story wrote itself. As I have said before, my favorite part of Webkinz Newz is the rooms you all send in. So keep them coming, everyone!
Congratulations, Nattie!! =]
Absolutely amazing. Thank you for sharing Nattie. You did a beautiful job.
Congratulations, Nattie! I loved your story very much! I also love all of your rooms that you make! You have a wonderful talent! I can’t wait to see more of your rooms! I bet we’ll see a whole bunch more! Happy Holidays to you and your Webkinz Pet!!! I loved your storey very much, and the rooms you made totally matched the story! Congratulations, Nattie!
Thank you, thank you, thank you!
Congratulations, Nattie! Your beautifully and cleverly designed rooms really capture the essence of this Christmas classic! I also enjoyed reading your captions – Thanks for sharing, you’re a talented designer! Happy Holidays, everyone :o)
Thank you so much for your kind words. Happy Holidays to you, also!
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays, Nattie! You always make your rooms with care and creativity!
WOW – Awesome doesn’t even come close – GREAT JOB
How nice of you to say. Thank you!
That was awesome!!! Now I’m going to try and make one!
Thank you and fantastic!
I just watched the Disney version of this movie the other night and just saw this now and each of the room designs are spot on! Great job Nattie!
Thank you and wished watched the movie for inspiration.
Wow! 10 thumbs up!
Much appreciated!
Nattie! YOU are an amazing designer! The webkinz room storylines are so fun and incredible. Thank you for your Christmas spirit you shared. Thank you Ganz for sharing with us.
Thank you and many thanks to Michael for sharing them.
So cute and clever! I really enjoyed your story and rooms Nattie!
Many thanks.
That was pretty amazing!!
I love good room designs!! This was delightful!! Keep up the good work!!
Thank you very much!
Nattie you are truly an amazing room designer! You did a wonderful job using Webkinz to tell the tale. I never would have thought to do this, it shows what a great imagination you have. Congratulations for being shown.
Thank you for your nice thoughts. I appreciate them.
Wow! What a wonderful idea Nattie! I truly loved all of your room designs and the story of “The Christmas Carol”. I just love the story.
Thank you so very much!!