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Smoking Bishop: A Boozy Christmas Drink Brimming With English History

At the end of Charles Dickens' 1843 classic, <em>A Christmas Carol</em>, Ebenezer Scrooge and his long-abused employee, Bob Cratchit, enjoy a mug of Smoking Bishop<em>. </em>It's a drink loaded with English history, politics and class identity. Illustration by John Leech, 1817-1864. (Getty Images)
At the end of Charles Dickens' 1843 classic, A Christmas Carol, Ebenezer Scrooge and his long-abused employee, Bob Cratchit, enjoy a mug of Smoking Bishop. It's a drink loaded with English history, politics and class identity. Illustration by John Leech, 1817-1864. (Getty Images)

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