Show R P v a 0 of A acine yea the burning ot of the greens has formed a central part of twelfth night festivities in england since the tha middle ages large fires were held to purify he fhe fields and to 0 J assure bountiful crops ev everyone eryon e 1 in n the district gathered together to sing ing the wassail song long and to drink from the wassail cup the ceremony was revived in america to in 1930 when george M haushalter held a burning of the greens at rochester N Y and since has become an annual event there as well as in other commini ties Dl discarded cardd christmas trees tes ano and wreaths were held for the new nev years celebration then collected and burned at a gala community bonfire it has been accepted as the end of the new years celebrations |