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Wassailing, which I always associated with spiced hard cider and Christmas carols, turns out (also) to be a pagan fertility rite focussing on fruit trees, which is gaining in popularity!
Inside Europe did a story on this the week before last (starts at 48:15)...
https://www.dw.com/en/more-trouble-for-uk-prime-minister-keir-starmer/audio-76057779
More detail on the celebration here
https://www.discoverbritain.com/history/traditions/wassailing/