Victorian Christmas
This fowl was the common protein on the Christmas tables of most working class Victorian families
What is a goose?
What is London?
Charles Dickens' age when he worked in Victorian shoe polish factory on account of his father's debts
What is 12?
This avian cartoon character based on Ebenezer first appeared in Disney's "Christmas on Bear Mountain"
Who is Scrooge McDuck?
The speaker of the iconic sign off: "God bless Us, Every One!"
Who is Tiny Tim?
A Victorian invention, the first of these festive greetings was sent in 1843 by Henry Cole and featured a family enjoying a festive meal.
What is a Christmas card?
In Victorian England, the poor could seek shelter at this institution in exchange for grueling labor
What is the workhouse/poorhouse?
Set in the French Revolution, this famous novel begins "It was the best of times; it was the worst of times."
What is A Tale of Two Cities?
In the 2022 film Spirited, this American actor and comedian plays a Scrooge turned Christmas Present in an attempt to redeem and "unredeemable" Ryan Reynolds
Who is Will Ferrell?
This speaker yells: "Mankind was my business; the common welfare was my business!"
Who is Jacob Marley?
Married to Victoria, this British monarch popularized decorating a Christmas tree as a festive holiday activity
Who is Prince Albert?
The smell of waste emanating from this London river was so overpowering in the "Great Stink" of 1858 that Parliament considered fleeing to Oxford before agreeing to fund public sewage.
What is the Thames?
After unexpectedly dying at 58, Dickens was buried in the "Poet's Corner" of this famous London church
What is Westminster Abbey?
This beloved American actor voices Scrooge in Disney's 2009 animated adaptation of Dickens' classic, the less famous of his two Christmas roles
Who is Jim Carrey?
He exclaims "I will honor Christmas in my heart and try to keep it all the year."
Who is Ebenezer Scrooge?
The date of "Twelfth Night" or the eve of Epiphany, which was the most popular winter holiday prior to the Victorian's shift to December 25th.
What is January 5th?
Founded in London's East End in 1865, this organization continues to offer support to the poor, intensifying collections around the holiday season with its famous "red kettle campaign."
While A Christmas Carol is undoubtably the most popular, Dickens wrote this number of holiday themed novellas.
What is 5?
Commonly known for his role in Nolan's Dark Knight trilogy, this English actor plays literature's most famous money lender in the adaptation dedicated to Jim Henson
Who is Michael Caine?
This speaker mocks Scrooge with his own words before introducing "The boy is Ignorance; the girl is Want."
Who is the Ghost of Christmas Present?
This popular alcoholic drink made from apples remained central to Victorian Christmas traditions, including rural practice of pouring this punch over the roots of the apple tree to toast the holiday and harvest
In 1845, this German philosopher published The Condition of the Working Class in England to identify industrialization as a negative force degrading the lives of the British proletariat.
Who is Friedrich Engels?
When he died in 1870, Dickens was ironically working on an unfinished novel in this genre; the ending remains unclear to fans and critics.
What is mystery/murder mystery?
The American actor that played Scrooge in the public's most beloved adaptation, which first aired on televisions in the UK and US in late autumn of 1984
Who is George C. Scott?
This speaker retorts "There are many things from which I might have derived good, by which I have not profited."
Who is Fred?