Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” was first published today in 1843. The character of Ebeneezer Scrooge is said to be based on a real life person, though which person it was that inspired the story depends on who’s telling the story. Plus: what exactly was it that Scrooge had for his Christmas Eve dinner?
Campaign To Honour Real-Life Ebenezer Scrooge John Elwes (Huffington Post)
Revealed: the Scot who inspired Dickens' Scrooge (The Scotsman)
What Scrooge Ate on Christmas Eve: Folk Belief, Folk Medicine, and Foodways in Dickens’s “A Christmas Carol” (Library of Congress)
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