Wham!’s “Last Christmas” from 1984 and Brenda Lee’s “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree” from 1958 demonstrate how different ...

Christian Johnson prepped his hay ride for a tradition that you don’t see too often around the holiday season. “Out in the orchard trees which we will be doing, a blessing of the apple trees,” Johnson ...

Every January, in parts of rural England, people still gather to celebrate Wassailing, a tradition with distinctly Pagan origins intended to bless the coming year’s apple crops and protect orchards ...

The icy streets and chilling temperatures of winter provide little incentive for venturing out in the cold to parties and bars. Nights in become the new norm, and nothing sounds better than a warm ...

“Wassail!” yelled the crowd. “Apple 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 ...

Chepstow (United Kingdom) (AFP) – "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 ...

As mulled cider a warm alcoholic drink made from fermented apple juice was handed around, a dozen hobby horses swayed eerily to folk music. Made from real horses' skulls mounted on poles and carried ...

BRADFORD-ON-TONE, England — A jet of steam rises with a hiss as a red hot poker plunges into a bowl of cider. A garlanded woman spears a piece of toast with a long fork and lodges the offering among ...

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