In the Workhouse - Christmas Day

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In the Workhouse - Christmas Day, better known by its first line, "It is Christmas Day in the workhouse" is a dramatic monologue written as a traditional rhyming poem and published in 1879 by George Robert Sims.^[1] It is a criticism of the harsh conditions in workhouses under the 1834 Poor Law.

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1. ^ http://www.workhouses.org.uk/index.html?lit/xmasday.shtml

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