[1] The cartoon is an adaptation of the Charles Dickens 1843 novella A Christmas Carol, featuring Yosemite Sam as Ebenezer Scrooge and Porky Pig as Bob Cratchit.

Scrooge's dream-journey into his past, present, and future is omitted; instead, Fred dresses up as Marley's ghost to scare the unhappy protagonist straight.

Suddenly, the local Light Company shows up and takes the Cratchits' last candle (because their bill is past due).

Fred then dresses up as the ghost of Scrooge's late business partner Jacob Marley...dragging around chains and beats a drum.

To prove himself reformed, he dresses up as Santa Claus and runs through the streets at night...shouting "MERRY CHRISTMAS!"

As the second one featuring Wile E. Coyote and The Roadrunner (Freeze Frame) begins, Bugs congratulates Sam for making Scrooge a charitable character, but Sam tells Bugs that it was all a play, and demands Porky and the gang give all his money back to him.