Here's to health, wealth and happiness!

Fast running out of things to say about Christmas, but came upon a recipe in one of my wife's notebooks the other day for posset, which is - or used to be - a traditional Christmas Eve drink.  It's made from hot milk mixed with beer or wine, and spices - most notably (according to my wife's recipe) cinnamon and ginger.  The origin of the word is somewhat of a mystery, but I remember my grandma having a very small saucepan which she used to refer to as "the posset" - don't know if there's a connection.  These days mulled wine or glühwein seems to have taken over as a festive drink but posset is much older and can trace its origins back to medieval times.