wassail

wassail being the dictionary wotd on this here christmas eve, i found it incredibly appropriate when some fellow on livejournal linked to a group post in the metaquotes group (and for those of you too lazy to click the link, here is the tidbit: In the northern Europe of the late Middle Ages, gangs of young men would engage in ''wassailing,'' a cross between Christmas caroling and home invasion. The gangs would visit wealthy homes, often in disguise, and sing songs that threatened violence if they were not invited in for food and drink.

In agrarian societies, practices such as wassailing served as a critical safety valve, giving people at the bottom of the social ladder a release that would keep them in line during the rest of the year.

WHY DID THIS STOP?! I WOULD SO DO THIS.

JINGLE BELLS, JINGLE BELLS, GIVE US BEER AND MEAT
DON'T MAKE US BUST DOWN YOUR DOOR AND HANG YOU BY YOUR FEE-EET!")

This was the first portion of amusement from today's encounter with this website... the second amusement was from this icon that was created.

As you can see, this was clearly blog-worthy. It's nice to see Blogger finally being out of beta, too.