wassailer
Festive song bearer
A wassailer is someone who participates in wassailing, the old English custom of going from house to house during the Christmas season singing carols and drinking toasts to neighbors' health.
The term evokes images of merrymakers carrying bowls of spiced ale or cider, offering good wishes in exchange for hospitality.
More loosely, a wassailer is simply a reveler or carouser, someone engaged in festive drinking and celebration.
One who celebrates boisterously
- celebrantOne who observes festivities
- toastHeated bread; glass-raising honor
- cupSmall drinking container
- bowlConcave food container
health · drinking · merriment · banquet · feast · pledge · cheer · salute
Vocal music performer
- carolerHoliday song performer
- ChristmasWinter nativity celebration
- yuletideWinter holiday period
- door-to-doorDirectly between residences
festive · hymn · songster · neighborhood · procession · harmonizing · lantern · Victorian
reveler
One who celebrates boisterously
- celebrantOne who observes festivities
- toastHeated bread; glass-raising honor
- cupSmall drinking container
bowl · health · drinking · merriment · banquet · feast · pledge · cheer · salute · libation
singer
Vocal music performer
door-to-door · festive · hymn · songster · neighborhood · procession · harmonizing · lantern · Victorian · Dickensian
apple
Crisp tree fruit
fertility · ritual · harvest · tree · Twelfth Night · Somerset · Devon · toast · ceremony · awakening
- holiday performersSanta Claus, mall Santa, elf, caroler, Mrs. Claus
- partygoerspartygoers, party-goer, party-goers, attendee, partier
- drinkersdrinker, drinkers, imbiber, imbibers, drunk
wassailerkilljoy
One who dampens merriment
sourpuss · curmudgeon · grouch · Scrooge · grinch
wassailerteetotaler
Complete abstainer from liquor
abstainer · non-drinker · nondrinker · prohibitionist · temperance advocate