The Wassail Tavern - A Green Mountain Yuletide Celebration

Come traveler, sit and warm your weary bones, listen to the sounds of laughter and joy all around, and the take in the aroma and taste of good food.  These are the hallmarks of a good night at the Wassail Tavern!

Come join the Shire of Panther Vale and Mountain Freehold for the 2023/2024 yuletide celebration and experience the grand opening of The Wassail Tavern!
Join us on December 30th from 2pm to 9pm for a day of revelry and yuletide.  Classes, demonstrations, Bardic gatherings, and comfort of friends and chosen family help relieve the cold and sometimes dreary times the winter months bring.

The A&S Display this year will be a theme of Past and Present.  Bring a past project, either the project itself or images/documentation of the project along with anything you've been currently working on, incomplete or otherwise, to put on display.

As with tradition at these events, we'll be having the gift exchange table.  Bring clean, unwrapped items to place on the table.  One item means you get to choose something on your turn!
How it works:  You bring an item for the table.  Before the night is out, we'll have the gift exchange based on the number of years active in the SCA, starting with the newest and those in most need, finally working our way through the years until we reach those who were around when rocks were soft and trees were just twigs in the ground.

Adding on to this, we will be having a SEPARATE table for the younglings of the region.  Parents may bring an additional item, separate from the gift exchange table, that would be of use to a child under 12 and their parents.  This can be anything from garb that has been outgrown or tools, toys, or books a child may like or a parent may find useful.

Hotel Information:  We have arranged a block of rooms at Comfort Inn & Suites at Maplewood, 213 Paine Turnpike N., Montpelier, VT, 05602.  To book at the discounted rate you will need to contact the Hotel directly by calling (802) 229-2222 or use this link https://www.choicehotels.com/reservations/groups/NN27M7
There are a limited number of hotels in central Vermont, this has been made worse by the flooding we had over the summer so we encourage you to plan early and call ahead.  There are still more choices in Burlington/Waterbury, VT to the northwest and White River Junction, VT/West Lebanon, NH to the southeast.
Due to COVID and other circumstances the following are not recommend Hilltop Inn in Barre, EconoLodge in Montpelier, and Pierre Motel in Barre

Site Opens: 2pm
Site Closes: 9pm