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Show burning of Cjreeni 3i Ancient eslivilg The Burning of the Greens has j formed a central part of Twelfth ' Night festivities in England since i the Middle Ages. Large fires were ! held to purify the fields and to assure bountiful crops. Everyone In the district gathered together to sing the Wassail Song and to drink from the Wassail Cup. The ceremony was revived in America in 1930, when George M. Haushalter held a Burning of the Greens at Rochester, N. Y., and : I since hat become an annual event! there as well as In other communl-l ties. Discarded Christmas trees and i wreaths were held for the New ; I Year's celebration, then collected and burned at a gala community bonfire. It has been accepted as the end of the New Year's celebrations. I |