How would the people in the dead man's house wasted the blanket in Christmas carol?

Answer 1

At that time the corpse would have be bound in the sheets and then these used in the burial of the body . Only the rich actually could afford a coffin or even a wooden box. The poor were normally buried in a sheet which was wrapped around them

Answer 2

In "A Christmas Carol," after the death of the man in the house, the people rummage through his belongings and squabble over what they can take. They end up selling the blanket along with other items, caring more about making money than respecting the deceased. This serves to highlight the greed and indifference that were prevalent in society at the time.