~ We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year ~

The author and composer of We Wish You a Merry Christmas cannot be traced however it is believed to date back to England in the sixteenth century. The tradition of carollers being given Christmas treats for singing to wealthy members of the community is reflected in this Christmas song. Over the years the fashion for figgy puddings mentioned in We Wish You a Merry Christmas has faded. But for the curious, the recipe consisted of the most important ingredient which was of course figs together with butter, sugar, eggs, milk, rum, apple, lemon and orange peel, nuts, cinnamon, cloves and ginger. Not dissimilar to the modern day Christmas Puddings!

Source: Christmas Carnivals

We Wish You A Merry Christmas

We wish you a Merry Christmas
We wish you a Merry Christmas
We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Good tidings we bring to you and your kin
Good tidings for Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Now, bring us some figgy pudding
Now, bring us some figgy pudding
Now, bring us some figgy pudding and a cup of good cheer

Good tidings we bring to you and your kin
Good tidings for Christmas and a Happy New Year.

For we all like a figgy pudding,
We all like a figgy pudding,
We all like a figgy pudding, so bring some right here!

Good tidings we bring to you and your kin
Good tidings for Christmas and a Happy New Year.

We won't go until we get some
We won't go until we get some
We won't go until we get some, so bring some out here

We wish you a Merry Christmas
We wish you a Merry Christmas
We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.