Wassailing

My personal preference is for wassails — if you're not sure what a wassail involves, the almost always suspect Wikipedia actually nails this one: Wassailing is the practice of going door-to-door singing Christmas carols until paid to go away and leave the occupants in peace.

Knock knock Matthew Guerrieri 2007

My personal preference is for wassails — if you're not sure what a wassail involves, the almost always suspect Wikipedia actually nails this one: Wassailing is the practice of going door-to-door singing Christmas carols until paid to go away and leave the occupants in peace.

Archive 2007-12-01 Matthew Guerrieri 2007

My flabbergasted mother couldn't understand that I had to DRAG myself to work to prove I wasn't suffering from excesssive Wassailing.

Sick Guilt Mother Jones RN 2007

I was at the height of my high-school snottiness at the time, and wandering around the neighborhood with my parents singing "Here We Come A-Wassailing" seemed like the absolute uncoolest thing I could possibly do.

Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine 2004

I was at the height of my high-school snottiness at the time, and wandering around the neighborhood with my parents singing "Here We Come A-Wassailing" seemed like the absolute uncoolest thing I could possibly do.

Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine 2004

THE MYSTERIES OF CHRISTMAS One of the many small mysteries I hoped to resolve when I first moved to England was this: When British people sang "A-Wassailing We'll Go," where was it they went and what exactly did they do when they got there?

I'm A Stranger Here Myself Bryson, Bill 1999

Wassailing, prefaces, and waits, are nearly at a stand-still; and in these days of universality and everything, we almost resolved to leave this page blank, and every reader to write his own preface, had we not questioned whether the custom would be more honoured in the breach than the observance.

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 407, December 24, 1829 Various

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The Guardian World News Henry McDonald 2012

Together with his wife, Vittoria Katanski, Swanson hosts the annual West Village Wassailing Party that brings more than 100 residents into the streets carrying steaming hot liqueurs and belting out carols at the top of their lungs.

Rapid Growth 2010

"Here We Come A-Wassailing," Brave Combo layers a polka beat under "Jolly Old St. Nick," and the soulful Leon Redbone performs one of the best version of "Let It Snow" ever.

ParentDish 2009