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2. How to Celebrate Yule on the Winter Solstice

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   Yule was first celebrated as far back as the fifth century (so, over 1,500 years back) by Germanic pagans, as a midwinter festival to stave off the dark and cold and prepare for the long winter ...

3. Yule log - Wikipedia

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   The Yule log is recorded in the folklore archives of much of England, but particularly in collections covering the West Country and the North Country. [9] For example, in his section regarding "Christmas Observances", J. B. Partridge recorded then-current (1914) Christmas customs in Yorkshire, Britain involving the Yule log as related by "Mrs. Day, Minchinhampton (Gloucestershire), a native of ...

4. What Is a Yule Log? Here’s the True History of the Christmas ...

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   When you think of a yule log, you probably picture a roaring, wood-burning fire casting a warm light on an ornament-adorned Christmas tree.Or perhaps you have a sweet tooth and the first thing ...

5. Julleuchter - Wikipedia

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   In a 1936 memorandum, Heinrich Himmler set forth a list of approved holidays, in part supposedly based on "pagan" traditions, including a "Julfest" intended to replace Christian rites. The Julleuchter and other symbols were also meant to serve as a consolation to women who, by having married into the SS, had to renounce the spiritual shelter ...

6. Yule goat - Wikipedia

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   A Yule goat on a Christmas tree. 'Old Christmas', riding a yule goat; 1836 illustration by Robert Seymour. The Yule goat is a Scandinavian and Northern European Yule and Christmas symbol and tradition. Its origin is from Germanic paganism and has existed in many variants during Scandinavian history. Modern representations of the Yule goat are ...

7. Christmas in Sweden - Wikipedia

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   To bake and to produce ale and mead were important preparations for the celebration. In medieval wooden calendars and pre-Christian picture stones, this celebration is still symbolised by a barrel of ale, or a drinking horn. So the emphasis on food and drink traditions was originally a pagan trait of the Christmas celebration. [4]

8. SimCity Social 'Cool Yule Part 1' Quests: Everything you need ...

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   While the "Snow Time" quests already gave players plenty to do to celebrate Christmas in SimCity Social a few weeks ago, a brand new three-part event has given us even more. It's time for the ...

9. Christmas gift-bringer - Wikipedia

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   Christmas gift-bringers in Europe. A number of Midwinter or Christmas traditions in European folklore involve gift-bringers.Mostly involving the figure of a bearded old man, the traditions have mutually influenced one another, and have adopted aspects from Christian hagiography, even before the modern period.