I am wonderful to some yet farcical to others.

I am to lesser mankind a pastime to be repeated.

I am synonymous with fine attire yet also with booze.

I am enjoyed by some yet despised by others.

I am traditionally enduring yet currently sporadic.

I am blissful to some yet acrimonious to others.

I am originally sanctity yet now more sanctimonious.

I am responsible for good women behind good men.

I am an expensive gamble yet not so much in Vegas.

I am a celebrated union yet I am not the NZRFU.

I am a lavish ceremony yet in part marred with age.

WHAT AM I?

Last edition’s Fustigator: Hardship