(AP) — Goose was so important in the Victorian-era people would save — and save — for the big day, often joining the equivalent of modern-day Christmas club accounts to afford a plump, juicy bird.
And because many families didn’t have ovens at home, they would cook their birds at bakers’ shops.
Dickens himself captured the anticipation when he described Mrs. Cratchit plunging the knife into the breast.
“One murmur of delight arose all around…



