Christmas traditions: steamed bread pudding and wassail.

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Christmas brings an annual 4 generation gathering of the Clan for my and my wife's families with the oldest, my father-in-law a spry 94 years old and a great-grandson of 9. We enthusiastically embrace tradition and one of our most beloved Holiday desserts is steamed bread pudding, made in a steamer that has been passed down from my wife's great-grandmother. When it was first acquired has been lost in the annals of history but it is at least a century old piece of Americana. My wife is the current caretaker of the steamer and she will eventually pass it on to a fifth generation. I'm in charge of the Wassail and uncovered a very old recipe that I replicate every year which matches up extremely well with the pudding. Copious amounts will be consumed with a little spiced Rum for those that imbibe. Sláinte!