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  2. Drinking culture - Wikipedia

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    Drinking habits vary significantly across the globe with many countries have developed their own regional cultures based on unique traditions around the fermentation and consumption of alcohol as a social lubricant, which may also be known as a beer culture, wine culture etc. after a particularly prominent type of drink.

  3. Toast (honor) - Wikipedia

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    Since they drink l'chaim ("to life"), the celebration is also called a l'chaim. The origins of the custom to toast this way may be traced to an account described in the Talmud, where R. Akiva said upon pouring cups of wine poured at a banquet a benediction of "Wine and life to the mouth of the sages, wine and life to the mouth of the sages and ...

  4. Apéritif and digestif - Wikipedia

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    Fino sherry is a classic apéritif.. An apéritif is an alcoholic beverage usually served before a meal to stimulate the appetite, and is usually dry rather than sweet.. Common choices for an apéritif are vermouth; champagne; pastis; gin; ouzo; fino; amontillado or other styles of dry sherry (but not usually cream or oloroso blended sherry, which is very sweet and

  5. Potluck - Wikipedia

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    A potluck is a communal gathering where each guest or group contributes a different, often homemade, dish of food to be shared. Other names for a "potluck" include: potluck dinner, pitch-in, shared lunch, spread, faith supper, carry-in dinner, [1] covered-dish-supper, [2] fuddle, Jacob's Join, [3] bring a plate, [4] pot-providence and ...

  6. Lucy Hale opens up about alcohol abuse and eating disorder ...

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    Lucy Hale is pulling back the curtain on her personal life during the pinnacle of her career, sharing that she was privately struggling with an eating disorder and addiction to alcohol for years ...

  7. Alcohol and society - Wikipedia

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    Alcohol is often used as a social lubricant; it increases occurrences of Duchenne smiling, talking, and social bonding, even when participants are unaware of their alcohol consumption or lack thereof. [22] In a study of the UK, regular drinking was correlated with happiness, feeling that life was worthwhile, and life satisfaction.

  8. 'A Festivus for the rest of us': The real, 'bizarre' story ...

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    In 2012, Google introduced a custom search result for the term "Festivus," with the day's signature aluminum pole displayed down the list of search results. Even newspapers have joined in on the fun.

  9. Juneteenth explained: What is the holiday, why was it created ...

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    For more than one-and-a-half centuries, the Juneteenth holiday has been sacred to many Black communities. It marks the day in 1865 enslaved people in Galveston, Texas found out they had been freed ...