Heaped upon the floor, to
form a kind of throne, were turkeys, geese, great joints of meat, pigs, long
wreaths of sausages, mince-pies, plum-puddings, barrels of oysters, red-hot
chestnuts, cherry-cheeked apples, juicy oranges, luscious pears, great bowls
of punch and immense twelfth-cakes