You Americans, with your inauguration ceremonies and inaugural balls, your Thanksgiving Day parades and your Fourth of July fireworks displays. Do you have anything, and I mean anything, that can compare with the pageantry and grace of the great British Morris Men? (Shown here ‘wassailing’ an apple tree in Coventry to bear fruit for the coming season.) Just look what you missed out on because of your selfish little War of Independence. If not for that bid for freedom, this scene could be playing out in cities across America as you read this humble blog post. You’ve got nothing on us! Nothing at all. (PS Just in case you are wondering, that’s cider-soaked toast they are putting on the tree at the end.) (Itsallaboutcoventry via EcoExplorer.)