"Wassail!" yelled the crowd. "Cider for everyone!" In an orchard by a Welsh castle, hundreds of people gathered to wish good health to the apple trees in a centuries-old tradition enjoying a revival.

The centuries-old tradition of wassailing is making a comeback in rural England, with rituals and revelry meant to chase away evil spirits and the winter blues. A costumed crowd making its way to a ...

The fire is lit, then they sing and dance in the frosty night, offering good wishes to a fruit tree and slurping from a bowl of carefully brewed spiced alcohol. This is wassailing, a pagan ceremony to ...

A group of revelers are seen wassailing at Redbyrd Orchard Cider in New York. Courtesy Redbyrd Orchard Cider “Here We Come A-wassailing” has been a popular Christmas anthem since the first English ...

11:00, Fri, Dec 22, 2023 Updated: 15:06, Fri, Dec 22, 2023 While some people may decorate a tree or leave out cookies for Santa to celebrate Christmas, there is one British tradition which has been ...

Old apple trees are decorated with cider-soaked bread on the branches during Wassailing the Apple trees at Terhunes Orchards in Princeton on Sunday, January 29, 2023.Get Photo Terhune Orchards on 330 ...