VOCABULARY
• Feasting
Eating an elaborate meal (often accompanied by entertainment)
• Stew
Food prepared by cooking meat or fish with vegetables
• Suet
Hard fat around the kidneys in beef and mutton
• Tumbled
Past tense and past participle of the verb to tumble meaning to fall suddenly, clumsily
• Ubiquitous
Being present everywhere at once
• Squishier
Comparative form of the adjective squishy meaning soft and moist
• Revelry
Lively and noisy festivities, especially those that involve drinking a large amount of alcohol
• Hefty
Of considerable weight and size
• Roots
The point at which something begins its course or existence
• Offing
Likely to happen soon
• Slunk
Past simple and past participle of the verb to slink, meaning to move smoothly and quietly
• Garnered
Past simple and past participle of the verb to garner meaning to gather or collect
• Yuletide
Yuletide is sometimes used as another word for the Christmas period
Source: BBC Ideas