Cool Weird Awesome With Brady Carlson

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) As Tiny Tim might say, bless our Patreon backers - every one --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/coolweirdawesome/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/coolweirdawesome/support