When you go wassailing what is it that you are doing?

Wassailing means drinking the health of your friend, or the activity of going visiting to drink people's health. It also refers to the songs that people sing when they go visiting. Wassail literally means "be whole, be healthy" and is an Anglo-Saxon way of expressing good wishes. There are many traditions associated with wassailing in England, and some in the United States and other English-speaking countries.