12-22-08

Yule

Post Yule Pyre, originally uploaded by Laughing Squid.

Love and joy come to you,
And to you your wassail too;
And God bless you and send you a Happy New Year
And God send you a Happy New Year.

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D: I’ll be back, Iz and I are going to go find fire wood.

S: Ok, according to legend, you have to go fall the biggest tree you can find and use horses and men to tow it back.

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Happy Yule! The sun is setting on the longest night and we finally made it. The wassail is a brewing, the chestnuts are getting ready and…the patio set is finally painted!

That’s not a Yule tradition, you say. I know. But I finally have some free time to do things…like paint furniture, take care of my garden and clean the house. It feels wonderful! We’ve been so blessed this year, even through the dark season…just to make it to tonight is such a relief. It all goes up from here!

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Here we come a-wassailing
Among the leaves so green;
Here we come a-wand’ring
So fair to be seen.

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Love and joy come to you,
And to you your wassail too;
And God bless you and send you a Happy New Year
And God send you a Happy New Year.

Our wassail cup is made
Of the rosemary tree,
And so is your beer
Of the best barley.

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We are not daily beggars
That beg from door to door;
But we are neighbours’ children,
Whom you have seen before.

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Call up the butler of this house,
Put on his golden ring.
Let him bring us up a glass of beer,
And better we shall sing

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We have got a little purse
Of stretching leather skin;
We want a little of your money
To line it well within:

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God bless the master of this house
Likewise the mistress too!
And all the little children
that ’round the table go

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Good master and good mistress,
While you’re sitting by the fire,
Pray think of us poor children
Who are wandering in the mire.

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