Tuesday, December 11, Second Week in Advent
The word “wassail” comes from Old Norse “vas heil” – a toast meaning “good health.”
The wassail bowl was a wooden bowl into which people dipped their cups for a beverage in preparation for a toast on ceremonial occasions.
At Christmas, the poor in England would “go wassailing,” which meant dancing and singing in the neighborhood streets, hoping that householders would give them a warm drink from their wassail bowl
