On Christmas Eve 1939, Lionel Barrymore as Scrooge teamed with Orson Welles and his Mercury Theatre for this Campbell Playhouse production which aired on the CBS Radio Network.This is the classic Christmas Eve story of a rich miser named Scrooge whose soul will be doomed unless three spirits can lead him to redemption.  Commentary on Lionel Barrymore as well as how the production came about.