The Hatter character, alongside all the other fictional beings, first appears in Lewis Carroll 's 1865 novel Alice 's Adventures in Wonderland. In it, the Hatter explains to Alice that he and the March Hare are always having tea because when he tried to sing for the foul - tempered Queen of Hearts, she sentenced him to death for "murdering the time '', but he escapes decapitation. In retaliation, time (referred to as a "he '' in the novel) halts himself in respect to the Hatter, keeping him and the March Hare stuck at 18: 00 (or 6: 00 pm) forever.
what time does the mad hatter have tea
6: 00 pm