Template:Did you know nominations/In the Workhouse – Christmas Day

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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:16, 24 December 2015 (UTC)

In the Workhouse – Christmas Day edit

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... ~~that the melodramatic and sentimental style of "Christmas Day in the Workhouse" made it both a popular ballad and the subject of many parodies?~~

ALT1: ... that "Christmas Day in the Workhouse" was a criticism of the harsh conditions in English workhouses under the 1834 Poor Law? --submitting ALT1 so it doesn't sound like another Christmas song in our music-studded queue.
Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Adoration of the Shepherds (Poussin)
Comment: For Christmas Day

5x expanded by Andrew Davidson (talk). Nominated by Yoninah (talk) at 21:30, 23 December 2015 (UTC).

Genuine x5 expansion, new enough, long enough, passed close paraphrase check, within policy, fully cited and referenced, solid hooks. Passed. Gatoclass (talk) 03:19, 24 December 2015 (UTC)

Actually I have struck the original hook as it is too similar to other hooks in the Christmas sets - ALT1 is still verified. Gatoclass (talk) 03:27, 24 December 2015 (UTC)

Pedants corner: not sure of the 1877 circulation of Sunday Referee in Wales (although Dylan Thomas submitted some of his early poems to it many years later), but strictly speaking the 1834 Poor Law applied to English and Welsh workhouses. Martinevans123 (talk) 14:21, 24 December 2015 (UTC) ok, thanks, I'll just get back to my festive oakam picking ...