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A Wassailing We Go

Posted on 01 December 2011 by Editor

Sloatsburg — Frosty breath and hot chocolate. Songs sung with friends and families. Bright burning candles amid decorated trees and hearths. Gift giving and dinner celebrations. Many of these postcard pictures of how we approach our holiday activities come directly from the Victorian Era. But whether it’s Christmas or Hanukkah, Yuletide or Kwanzaa, Winter Solstice or Wassailing, new or old, fervent or jolly, most all holiday celebrations this time of year are rooted in communal celebration–for health and harvest, for safety, for family, for friends. Continue Reading

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