Thursday, November 27, 2014

Holiday Facts: "Wassail," Christmas Clubs and English Din-Din

From the November 20, 2014, Goldsboro (N.C.) News-Argus.

Well, since we are really fast approaching that time of the season.

**  "WASSAIL" comes from the old Norse "ves heill" to be of good health.  This evolved into the tradition of visiting neighbors on Christmas Eve and drinking to their health.

**  A CHRISTMAS CLUB, a savings account in which a person deposits a fixed amount of money regularly to be used at Christmas for shopping started around 1905.  (And, I believe they actually might have paid interest.)

**  A traditional Christmas dinner in early ENGLAND was the head of a pig prepared with mustard.  I'm holding out for a pig's eye.

--DaCoot


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