I love wassail songs and at our local wassails here in Sussex we have been singing the Sugar Wassail for a few years now. Amongst others. One of the wassailers (usually me) carries a twig from an apple tree dressed with some ribbon and with a bunch of mistletoe tied at the end. I refer to it as the 'Kissing Spear' and I hold it above the heads of people to encourage festive pecks of affection. After a few drops of cider it can become redundant. Good fun though.