HERE WE COME A WASSAILING!!!     
​DECEMBER 6, 2020
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                         Join the ​
​Metamora Chamber of Commerce
​             for the THIRD Annual                          Wassailing Celebration

What  does Wassail mean?
For centuries, wassailing was a way to toast someone’s good health. But, in England, wassail also denoted the alcoholic beverage you imbibed during that toast—an elixir of steamy mulled mead or cider. Sometimes, wassail was a whipped dark beer flavored with roasted crab apples. At Christmastide, the poor expected privileges denied them at other times, including the right to enter the homes of the wealthy, who feasted them from the best of their provisions.  At these gatherings, the bands of roving wassailers often performed songs for the master while drinking his beer, toasting him, his family, his livestock, wishing continued health and wealth. By the 19th century, wassailing would mellow. As the custom of caroling became the dominant door-to-door pastime, alcohol-fueled begging dwindled.

Metamora will celebrate the tradition of Wassailing on December 6. 2020. Many businesses will welcome guests with special events. Keep watching the Metamora Chamber Wassailing Celebration Facebook page and this web site for more information about these events.

All Horse Parade
​December 6, 2:00 pm

Join us on December 6, 2020 in Metamora, Michigan for the Wassailing Celebration Horse and Carriage Holiday Parade hosted by the Metamora Area Chamber of Commerce.

No fire engines, no bands, no motorcycles  JUST HORSES!
 
Awards will be given in several categories and every participant receives a commemorative ornament.

Download a parade  application HERE

Download a sponsorship application HERE

Wassailing Celebration Events

​Santa will be visiting with children from 3pm - 5pm at Metamora General.

Will your place of business
be participating with an event
for the public?
Contact us
and let us low what you will be doing!

PARADE ROUTE