Posted by Robert Hill on December 21, 2009 at 17:46:30 user eclrh.
Looking up another word in Chambers Dictionary, I came across this entry for a word I'd never heard of before:
mallemaroking, n. carousing of seamen in icebound ships.
From obsolete Dutch mallemerok, a romping woman.
I suspect AR never heard of either, otherwise he'd probably have worked it into Winter Holiday!