Beowulf celebrated wassail, and you can, too
by editors@theworld.org (Jacob Aloi) from The World: Latest Stories on (#72KPG)
For centuries, wassailing marked the noisy, boozy end of the Christmas season. Groups of singers would roam from house to house on Twelfth Night, calling out blessings in exchange for food and drink - especially a hot, spiced punch called wassail. Over hundreds of years, the alcohol warmed with apples, citrus and winter spices is what remains. Jacob Aloi reports from MPR in Minneapolis.