wassail

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My favorite in the Christmas canon is “Here We Come A-Wassailing,” with its hearty chorus of “Love and joy come to you, / And to you your wassail, too.”

From The New Yorker • Dec. 18, 2018

The scent of cinnamon and clove permeated the building, as members brewed traditional wassail for the occasion.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 11, 2017

You spoiled them, and they came to expect your Christmas exertions as a tradition that spared them the effort of providing their own ham and wassail bowl.

From Slate • Dec. 31, 2014

Also on the program were spirited renditions of a traditional Cornish wassail song; “Star in the East,” a 19th-century American folk hymn; and a harmonically pungent arrangement of John Tavener’s song “The Lamb.”

From New York Times • Dec. 16, 2010

The meats were followed by flaming puddings and bowls of wassail, chestnuts, and apples.

From "The Door in the Wall" by Marguerite de Angeli