The poor eat very meager foods such as stale bread, gruel and in some cases the left overs from kitchen waste etc They would not have had money to eat anything healthy or in any sufficiency indeed most the time they were starving. Those that had money ignored the plight of poor and needy and ate well. Meals for the well off involved breads, pastries, meats and vegetables and fruits.
In part of the book when Scrooge is still mean, a caroler comes to his window and sings a carol in hope of food. Scrooge in turn throws a something at him and shoos him away.
He talks about the needy and the poor and the way that those who have the power to make changes are ignorant to the plight of the people who were starving and the children left without food or drink at Christmas
The situation he saw in Britain at the time. there was huge amounts of unemployment. Many were poor, so poor that they were dying from health issues brought about by a lack of food. There were industrialists that were using child labour as it was "cheap and plentiful" rather than take on adults. Many in Parliament of the time ignored the desperate situation and Dickens saw that work houses were for many the only place they could go and often they would die within weeks of going to these terrible places
Dickens called his little Christmas book a carol because a carol a song or ballad of joy celebrating the season. The books story is to encourage people to think about the season message and the attitudes to each other
In "A Christmas Carol," the term "nuts" is a slang expression used to indicate someone is crazy or mentally unstable. It is often used by characters to describe Scrooge's seemingly eccentric behavior before his redemption.
figgy pudding
The word that indicates there was not a lot of food in "A Christmas Carol" is probably "scanty" or "meager", highlighting the lack of abundance in the characters' meals.
Tiny Tim is an example of alliteration in "A Christmas Carol."
In "A Christmas Carol," the men collecting money are raising funds for the poor and needy during the Christmas season. They aim to provide food, shelter, and assistance to those less fortunate in the community.
It was kept until boxing day and was sold
No he was a fictional character. However, there have been a number of assumptions drawn as to who the main character is based on. The Cratchitts are based on parents and family whilse Fan the sister is based on his own Sister Fan who also died in child birth
Carol Hupping has written: 'Producing your own power' 'Let's Celebrate Christmas' -- subject(s): In library, Carols, Christmas decorations, Handicraft, Christmas cooking 'Stocking up III' -- subject(s): Food, Preservation