[2] The poem What Tottles Meant is recited in Chapter 13.
[3] The poem recounts how the newlywed Mr. Tottles is impoverished by trying to keep up with his mother-in-law's expectations.
His name echoes the Victorian slang tottle, a facetious mispronunciation of total, meaning a bill from a restaurant or tradesman.
[6] A book by Gina Hughes entitled Tommy Tottlebears Days Before Christmas was published in 2000.
[7] This article about a character in children's literature is a stub.