Before Dickens published A Christmas Carol in 1843, Christmas pudding was known only as plum pudding Charles Dickens was a serious foodie and his literature introduced a festive menu that has ...

my first exposure to Christmas pudding was something of a shock. I had expected figs or plums, as in the “We Wish You a Merry Christmas” carol, but there were none. Neither did it resemble the ...

Now bring us some figgy pudding For we all like our figgy ... who in 1939 published the 16th-century carol under the title “A Merry Christmas.” Warrell’s scoring of the tune still endures.