Family Ties – “A Keaton Chrismas Carol” – Part 2 Original Airdate: December 14th 1983 Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” inspires this episode featuring Alex as the Keaton Scrooge. A cynical Alex finds the spirit of Christmas in a dream, when he´s shown shocking visions of the past and future by ghosts of Mallory and Jennifer. While the family enjoys trimming the tree, singing carols and taking pictures, Alex would rather listen to stock reports and finds Christmas “a silly sentimental farce …