CLIMATE DESCRIPTION
The text describes the climate and atmosphere in Great Britain on Christmas morning, noting the severe weather, snow, and sooty mist, which contributes to the setting of the story.
GREAT BRITAIN
as if all the chimneys in Great Britain had, by one consent, caught fire, and were blazing away to their dear heart's content. There was nothing very cheerful in the climate or the town, and yet was there an air of cheerfulness abroad that the clearest summer air and brightest summer sun might have endeavoured to diffuse in vain.