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Thread #65405   Message #1077743
Posted By: Wilfried Schaum
22-Dec-03 - 07:48 AM
Thread Name: Folklore: Old Fashioned English Christmas
Subject: RE: BS: Old Fashioned English Christmas
What about an oldfashioned usage not of England, but of the freshly christianized German tribes? On the 25th you drink Christ's love, on the next day St John's love, and on the third St Stephen's love, accompanied by roast beef, pork and sausages of all kinds. The drinking of the loves (Middle High German: minne) may proceed until you pass out.

Cheers, and merry Xmas to you all!
Wilfried