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 ...

It is 175 years since Charles Dickens introduced the world to his vision of Christmas in A Christmas Carol, and from the ... and his big finale - boiling a plum pudding "in a gentleman's hat".

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 ...

Evidence "Every idiot who goes about with 'Merry Christmas' on his lips, should be boiled with his own pudding, and buried with a stake of holly through his heart." Analysis Scrooge's response is ...

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.