Ryan and I went to
Denton last Thursday night to celebrate Wassail Fest! What is Wassail Fest you ask? Well only the best fun filled night of cider drinking, carol singing, friends dancing you could ever imagine! It takes place on the
Denton town square and you go from shop to shop sampling and voting for the best wassail.
I'll be honest. We were going to drive up to
Denton and had decided not to go after all. It was cold. And dark. Then I got a text from my friend Ashley saying she was there. That made me go to the website and watch a video from a few years ago at Wassail Fest. Then my friend Erica called and said she was going to be there. After all that I decided to embrace life and bundle up for a night of fun. We got to see lots of old friends, like Ryan's roommate Roy. That is why Wassail Fest is so awesome. You can just be walking around and suddenly you run into someone you haven't seen in a long time!
The highlight of the night is when Brave Combo performs. (Side note- Brave Combo actually played at my parents wedding 27 years ago, back when they were a small band of guys from
UNT that my dad knew.) Only in
Denton can you celebrate with stranger to Christmas polka music. There is a huge area where people are jam packed. Yet as
smushed together as you feel, there is somehow always room for the 5 extra people that you know to squeeze in and dance with you! I believe it's Christmas magic.
The best moment is when Brave Combo plays the chicken dance. You have never seen such merriment as hundreds of people laughing and doing the chicken dance together. And
that's what Christmas is really all about.
Ryan and I went to Denton last Thursday night to celebrate Wassail Fest! What is Wassail Fest you ask? Well only the best fun filled night of cider drinking, carol singing, friends dancing you could ever imagine! It takes place on the Denton town square and you go from shop to shop sampling and voting for the best wassail.
I'll be honest. We were going to drive up to Denton and had decided not to go after all. It was cold. And dark. Then I got a text from my friend Ashley saying she was there. That made me go to the website and watch a video from a few years ago at Wassail Fest. Then my friend Erica called and said she was going to be there. After all that I decided to embrace life and bundle up for a night of fun. We got to see lots of old friends, like Ryan's roommate Roy. That is why Wassail Fest is so awesome. You can just be walking around and suddenly you run into someone you haven't seen in a long time!
The highlight of the night is when Brave Combo performs. (Side note- Brave Combo actually played at my parents wedding 27 years ago, back when they were a small band of guys from UNT that my dad knew.) Only in Denton can you celebrate with stranger to Christmas polka music. There is a huge area where people are jam packed. Yet as smushed together as you feel, there is somehow always room for the 5 extra people that you know to squeeze in and dance with you! I believe it's Christmas magic. 
The best moment is when Brave Combo plays the chicken dance. You have never seen such merriment as hundreds of people laughing and doing the chicken dance together. And that's what Christmas is really all about.
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