For Virginian George Washington, Christmas at Mount Vernon began at dawn with a fox hunt and ended with a staggering spread of hams, beef, turkey, goose, oysters, mince pies, wine and rum punches.
And his argument regarding the hypocrisy of food lovers not bothering to consume the remainder of the goose despite using their fat is akin to blaming consumers who use beef dripping for not purchasing the rest of the cow as well.