Saw the perfect movie on time while babysitting. So we all know the Christmas Carol, the idea of time comes into play when he is visited by the ghost of past, present, and future. He is jumping from one decade to another just like Vonnegut does in his novel Slaughterhouse Five. The guy Scrooge starts of a mean and miserable man. After these ghosts he wakes up and starts being friendly to everyone he sees, and realizes that he needs to start living his life.