The plump little dome-shaped beauty also goes by the names of plum pudding or figgy pudding, as in the famous Dickens novel, "A Christmas Carol." Though firmly rooted in British culture ...

By the 17th Century Christmas pudding was known as plum pudding. This is even though ... And Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol, which was first published in 1843, mentions the ritual of serving ...

Until the 18th century, “plum” was synonymous with raisins, currants and other dried fruits. “Figgy pudding,” immortalized in the “We Wish You a Merry Christmas” carol, appeared in the ...