Wassailing is a traditional English custom of visiting houses while singing carols and offering good wishes for the season. It is also associated with toasting trees with cider to promote a good apple harvest. Overall, wassailing is a festive and communal activity rooted in spreading cheer and celebrating abundance.
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The Custom of the Country was created in 1913.
The tradition wassailing falls in two categories: the Orchard-Visiting assail and the House-Visiting wassail. The purpose of wassailing is to awake the cider apple trees and to scare away evil spirits to ensure a good harvest of fruit.
Wassailing is the practice of people going door-to-door singing Christmas carols. In modern times it is most commonly known through reference in various traditional Christmas carols (e.g., "Here we come a-wassailing / among the leaves so green"). a festivity characterised by much drinkingCourosing
started in france.....um i think
Carol singing, or (antiquated) wassailing. The word "wassail" is derived from the Old English "Wes hale", meaning "Be healthy", so wassailing is literally "well wishing".
Wassailing
Wassail is a hot, mulled cider that is drank in the tradition of wassailing. Wassailing is an ancient southern English drinking ritual intended to ensure a good cider apple harvest the following year.
In a democratic country this is not a custom, but in other political system the persona cult is part of the custom of the country
"Here We Go A-Caroling" is an alternate title of the Wassail Song, more usually beginning "Here we come a-wassailing".