There has never been a good time to be poor
Certainly
not Christmas
As Dickens
wrote
“This time
when want is keenly felt by the poor”
And there
has never been a good place to be poor
Certainly
not Victorian London
Now a
wealthy Victorian family
Would dine
upon a Christmas dinner
Of
Vegetable soup
Oyster
patties,
Roast
turkey or goose,
Boiled leg
of mutton with caper sauce
Followed by
Port wine jelly,
Mince pies
and plum pudding
Queen
Victoria is known to have eaten roast swan
While in
the country
A piece of
Smoked bacon
Or rabbit
pie was had
The poor in
town or country
Dined upon whatever
could be found
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