Show Burning ng o of 0 reefs leen J Je The Burning 5 of the Greens has formed a central part of ot Twelfth Night festivities In England since the Middle Ages Large fires dres were held to purify the fields and to assure bountiful crops Everyone Inthe in inthe inthe the district gathered together to sing the Wassail Song and to drink from the Wassail Cup The ceremony was revived In in America in 1930 when George M M. Haushalter held a Burning of the I Greens at Rochester N N. Y and since has become an annual event there as well as in other communities ties Discarded Christmas trees and wreaths were held for the New Years Year's celebration then collected i and burned at a gala community bonfire It has been accepted as the I end of the New Years Year's celebrations |