December 23
December 23
Yule
December 23
I think European pagans celebrated Yule, which involved tree worship.
Yule was celebrated primarily in Northern Europe, particularly by the Germanic peoples, including the Norse and Anglo-Saxons. The celebration marked the winter solstice, symbolizing the rebirth of the sun and the gradual return of longer days. Festivities often included feasting, lighting fires, and the Yule log, which was burned as a symbol of warmth and light. Traditional customs also involved various rituals, such as honoring deities and ancestors, and engaging in merrymaking with family and community.
It is yule season.
Yule Yule-tide Yule logs.
The word Yule is a proper noun. Yule is the Christmas season.
Our word "Yule" comes from the Scandinavian word "Jul" which is the ancient festival associated with the winter solstice, December 21. The celebration of Christmas absorbed most of the pre-christian solstice festivals and put them into a Christian context. This happened to the Yule festival, with its traditions of a "Yule log" and so on, so that "Merry Christmas" in Swedish is "God Jul".
yule as in Christmas
yule, yule tide yule log ect... yeti.....