Quote Originally Posted by cajunscot View Post
Much of the ancient customs of Yule have been adapted & adopted by Christians in our Christmas celebrations. It's not that that we celebrate "Pagan" holidays, but our celebrations certainly have some "Pagan" roots. In the Scandinavian countries, the terms "Yule" and "Christmastide" are synonymous.

The Yule Log, for example, was used in Christian England long before the German Christmas tree was introduced as part of the celebration.

This basic article provides a good explanation, even though it has no sources cited:

http://www.mysteriousbritain.co.uk/f...-solstice.html

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Yes sir, I am very well aware of that, believe me! My dad and I use that little fact to get my evangelical Christian sister in law all agitated from time to time... She refuses to believe that any of her practices are based on anything other than strict Christian doctrine. Any documentation stating otherwise is "deception from Satan."

Oh, and I didn't realize that the Christmas tree was of German origin! I never really gave that one much thought. Thanks for that little tidbit!

And to answer the earlier question, we usually eat a candy yule log since we have nowhere to burn a real one, drive around listening to Christmas music, looking at all the pretty lights! And my wife and I stay up until midnight to welcome the new day. I would attend the Living Earth Yule ritual, but that's not practical at this point. Wish it were...