Christmas in the 19th Century

When it comes to child mortality and mortality in general, things took a big dip in the 19th century. I think Dickens was quite consciously bringing back the kind of medieval ideas of Christmas. Is there a Christmas-y Shakespeare? And the attack on the sort of joyless, puritanical, utilitarian creed of Scrooge. Why are you asking me for charity? It doesn't go to the poorhouses or whatever he says!