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Children hauling a Yule log Germanic Yule festival
What's the difference between Yule and Christmas?
Celebrating Yule-Tide Yule log cake Yule goat Celebrating the winter solstice at Stonehenge
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What's the difference between Yule and Christmas?
Yule is one of the oldest winter solstice festivals in the world.
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Children hauling a Yule log
A historical illustration of children hauling a Yule log home to burn during the...
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Germanic Yule festival
An artist's illustration of the pre-Christian Yule.
© Sueddeutsche Zeitung Photo/Alamy
Celebrating Yule-Tide
An artistic depiction of Yule in Norway. Celebrating Yule-Tide, pen-and-pencil...
The British Library (Public Domain)
Yule log cake
Originally a log burned for Yule, the Yule log is now represented by a log-shaped...
© Brian Hagiwara—The Image Bank/Getty Images
Yule goat
A giant festive Julbocken, or Yule goat, standing amid snow in Gävle, Sweden.
Anders Tukler—Robert Matton AB/Alamy
Celebrating the winter solstice at Stonehenge
Modern Pagans, Druids, and revelers celebrating the winter solstice at Stonehenge,...
© 1000 Words/Shutterstock.com
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