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  • Children hauling a Yule log
    Yule
    / Connections with Christmas

    …of pre-Christian Yule is the Yule log, still popular today in Europe although usually in altered form. The original Yule log was a large log that burned throughout the entire multiday festival, for as many as 12 days. A popular modern take on the Yule log is a roulade-style cake…

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    …of pre-Christian Yule is the Yule log, still popular today in Europe although usually in altered form. The original Yule log was a large log that burned throughout the entire multiday festival, for as many as 12 days. A popular modern take on the Yule log is a roulade-style cake…

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