Festive Fixtures England was merry England, when Old Christmas brought his sports again. 'Twas Christmas broached the mightiest ale; 'Twas Christmas told the merriest tale; A Christmas gambol oft could cheer The poor man's heart through half the year. Walter Scott (extract from Marmion 1808) It makes a change for the perhaps eponymous Scott to be talking of the Auld Enemy in such fond terms rather than solely waxing lyrical about his homeland. The word "sport" had a very dif