Dickens published A Christmas Carol, which contained the famous scene of the Cratchits contentedly gathered round the crackling fire with their goose, apples and oranges, chestnuts and the ...

How did the humble turkey become the traditional centerpiece for so many Christmas dinner tables? A lot has been written about traditional Christmas dinners and the evolution of the turkey to its ...

food historian and author of Dinner with Dickens, said. Simon Callow, who is starring in an adaptation of the book in London's West End, performs the Cratchit's goose Christmas dinner Christmas ...

By Lindsay Middleton A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens was published in 1843. Over the course of the 19th century, his depictions of the Christmas turkey and charitable spirit were reprinted ...

With pantos in decline, A Christmas Carol stands out as the surefire seasonal hit. Mark Lawson highlights some of the myriad versions across the country In October 1843, Charles Dickens had an ...

If you celebrate Christmas, chances are you've adapted some traditions that were popularized in the mid-1800s by one author: Charles Dickens.

In Dickens’ 1843 classic tale, “A Christmas Carol,” the Cratchit family could only afford a small goose for their Christmas dinner. After Ebenezer Scrooge was visited by the three ghosts of ...