For many of us, Christmas is a time of family, feasting and celebration. But f or the working classes of the late 18th and early 19th century, Christmas Day was regarded as a rare break fro m daily toil . Nevertheless, s ome Georgians and Victorians were obliged to continue working in the holidays. Among them were priests, cemetery staff and gravediggers who overs aw Christmas burials. It faded on the crowing of the cock. Some say that ever 'gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour’s birth is celebrated, The bird of dawning singeth all night long. And then, they say, no spirit dare stir abroad. The nights are wholesome. Then no planets strike, No fairy takes, nor witch hath power to charm, So hallowed and so gracious is that time. Marcellus...