You sing songs as a kid and often have NO idea what the words mean. Christmas songs are especially bad. "Here we go a'wassailing..." Huh? Wassailing? Frankincense? Myrrh? How about: “We wish you a merry Christmas…oh bring us a figgy pudding.” Figgy Pudding?

What, on God's green earth, is figgy pudding?

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