The Scandinavian’s are among many who claim to the Yule log tradition as their own.
Because
of dark cold winters traditions concerned with warmth and light abounded.
Yuletide
which means “the turning of the sun” was celebrated at the winter solstice and
has long been a time of extreme importance to the Scandinavians.
Originally
the Yule log was a whole tree carefully selected and with great ceremony was brought
into the house.
One
end was placed in the hearth and the rest of the tree stuck out into the room
and was slowly fed into the fire timed to perfection to last the entire Yuletide
season.
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