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I like this! Looks to me like a delightful tradition. Your link shows that:
It does require gathering family, friends and neighbors for songs and stories, dances and romances, feasts and fun.
Very nice! So many interesting things .... There was quite a bit of ritual and ceremony tied to the Yule log, for it marked the sun's rebirth from its southern reaches. ........ And .......... The log also predicted bad luck. If the fire went out before the night was through, tragedy would strike the home in the coming year. If its flame cast someone's shadow without a head, supposedly that person would die within the year.
Interesting reading for Christmas Eve, TN Tin Man! Somehow I wish I were part of a Yule Log burning.
I like this! Looks to me like a delightful tradition. Your link shows that:
It does require gathering family, friends and neighbors for songs and stories, dances and romances, feasts and fun.
Very nice! So many interesting things .... There was quite a bit of ritual and ceremony tied to the Yule log, for it marked the sun's rebirth from its southern reaches. ........ And .......... The log also predicted bad luck. If the fire went out before the night was through, tragedy would strike the home in the coming year. If its flame cast someone's shadow without a head, supposedly that person would die within the year.
Interesting reading for Christmas Eve, TN Tin Man! Somehow I wish I were part of a Yule Log burning.
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Who remembers the Old Yule Log burning on television on Christmas Eve? It was Channel Eleven in New York City and it would just blaze all evening long. No commentary or anything, just the fireplace .... ahhh, memories .
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Who remembers the Old Yule Log burning on television on Christmas Eve? It was Channel Eleven in New York City and it would just blaze all evening long. No commentary or anything, just the fireplace .... ahhh, memories .
Only thing we had on TV back then was the black & white test pattern and it's hum.......
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Somehow I wish I were part of a Yule Log burning. 
