The Wonderful Words of Christmas

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906. A'wassailing. Noel. Mistletoe. Trolling the ancient Yuletide carol, and more. We look into the wonderful words of Christmas and their origins — as delightful as a Christmas cookie. You'll be shouting "drink-hail!" forevermore.

| Transcript: https://grammar-girl.simplecast.com/episodes/wonderful-words-of-christmas/transcript

The first segment was written by Kate Burridge and Howard Manns from Monash University. It appears here through a Creative Commons license. Read the original article.

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