Whether you see yourself as a big, tough Bill Sykes with Bullseye in tow, sweet and angelic like Little Nell, or grouchy and irritable like Ebenezer Scrooge, there is a Dickensian character to suit everybody.
This weekend, Ulverston's most famous festival will pay tribute to all things Charles Dickens.
To help you get in the mood for what is set to be a glorious weekend, with sunny weather forecast for both days and oodles of stalls and spectacles scheduled to appear, we have some top fashion tips and recipes.
Some people dress up every year without fail, but some people will be dressing up this year for the first time.
So just what are the essentials when it comes to making your dramatic entrance into a temporarily Victorian world in the heart of south Cumbria?
Pat Timewell has been supplying people with their Dickensian costumes for years and decks people out all over the country through her online business, victoriancostume.co.uk. Mrs Timewell got into the costume hiring business after supplying the costumes for Ulverston Outsiders amateur dramatic society for many years.
Mrs Timewell, who lives in Ulverston, said: "I dress up every year myself and we hire out costumes from a catalogue in Pure on Market Street. People also come straight through the website.
"When it comes to ladies dressing up, I think you have got to have a big hooped crinoline, that's what really gives a dress the Dickensian look. The best sort of accessory is probably a parasol, although they are quite tough to get hold of.
"For the men, it's all about frock coats and top hats. Some of the best costumes we have had for men at Dickensian over the years are Sherlock Holmes and Bill Sykes.
"For the women, I think the most impressive and innovative costume I've seen was a Miss Havisham, from Great Expectations."
Cumbria Crystal will join other traders on Ulverston's cobbled streets this year to sell their brand new crystal baubles, which have just been created for Christmas 2016.
The firm's wares have been featured in popular TV series such as Downton Abbey, Brideshead Revisited and The Jewel in the Crown.
Bethany Graham-Kevan, 24, outlet store manager at Cumbria Crystal in Ulverston, will don a Victorian costume and pass among the crowds. Miss Graham-Kevan, of Hoad Terrace, Ulverston, said: "I love dressing up, I always dressed up for Dickensian when I was younger but this will be the first time I am dressing up as an adult.
"The costume I have chosen to wear is beautiful - it's a very traditional Victorian dress in velvet and satin, with a big poof at the back.
"I have chosen some nice, inspirational quotes from Charles Dickens which will be printed on our leaflets and if people can quote them back to me, they can get a discount on our beautiful crystal baubles."
The Dickensian Festival will take place tomorrow and Sunday, with the period costume parade starting from County Square at 3pm tomorrow and at 2pm on the Sunday.
For a full schedule of the weekend's activities and all you need to know about the festival, CLICK HERE: Your guide to Ulverston's Dickensian Festival 2016
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Recipe for a Dickensian Tipple
THE DRINK - 'A Smoking Bishop' mentioned in Charles Dickens - A Christmas Carol (1843).
“A merry Christmas, Bob!” said Ebenezer Scrooge, with an earnestness that could not be mistaken, as he clapped him on the back.
"I’ll raise your salary, and endeavour to assist your struggling family, and we will discuss your affairs this very afternoon, over a Christmas bowl of smoking bishop , Bob!”
Ingredients:
-5 oranges
-2 lemons
-30 whole cloves
-1/4 tsp cinnamon
-1/4 tsp allspice
-1/4 tsp mace
-1 piece fresh ginger root (thumb-sized), peeled and cut into chunks
-1 bottle (750 ml) red wine
-1/2 cup sugar, or more to taste
-1 bottle (750 ml) ruby port
Method
1. Preheat oven to 100 degrees celsius.
2. To start, you will need the 5 oranges and 1 of the lemons, reserve the second lemon for later. 3. Stick whole cloves all over the fruit.
4. Place oranges and lemon on a baking sheet and roast for about 75 minutes, till the peels begin to lose their bright color and turn paler.
5. Remove fruit from the oven. Replace any cloves that have fallen from their incisions, then place the fruit into the bottom of a large bowl.
6. In a small saucepan, combine 1 cup of water with the cinnamon, allspice, mace, and ginger chunks. Whisk together and bring to a boil.
7. Simmer the mixture for a few minutes, stirring frequently, till the liquid is reduced by half.
8. In a larger pan, pour the bottle of red wine (not the port) and heat over medium high till it boils and stir in the spiced liquid mixture.
9. Pour the heated wine over the roasted oranges and lemon. Stir the fruit and wine gently to combine. Cover the bowl with a towel or plastic wrap and leave for 24 hours.
10. After 24 hours, slice the oranges and lemon in half. Juice them into the spiced wine.
11. Add the bottle of port to the pot. Stir and heat over medium till hot, but do not boil.
12. Garnish with orange and lemon and serve in your favourite goblets!
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