Friday, 21 May 2021

SCANDINAVIAN YULETIDE

 

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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