Share A Wassail Drink With Your Apple Tree This Holiday

A metal pot of wassail with orange, apples, star anise, and cinnamon sticks

Caroling is one of our cherished holiday traditions. An old fashioned holiday song is “Here We Come a Wassailing,” a classic from years ago. It probably isn’t the most popular song today, but it once referred to another old tradition, drinking wassail punch. What is wassail? Christmas wassail is a warm spiced cider, perfect for stoking a nice gentle heat in the belly on cold nights. Wassailing referred to the delightful practice of downing some warm cider, usually prior to setting off caroling in the winter cold. It was most common in regions where cider apples grew, due to the availability of the beverage’s key ingredient. It all started well before Christmas existed and was a part of the Yuletide celebration, which fell around January 5th or 6th. What is Wassail? A traditional wassail recipe featured mulled ale, curdled cream, roasted apples, eggs, cloves, ginger, nutmeg, and sugar. Drinks that […]

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