| The Yule Log today is thought of as a
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| | to bring good luck and offerings were
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| traditional Christmas dessert
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| | placed on the tree to bring good luck for
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| traditionally made with sponge cake which
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| | the following year. Your bad luck and
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| is rolled, frosted in chocolate and
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| | mistakes from the previous year were
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| decorated to look like a yule log. Common
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| | thought to burn up in the fire. Pieces of
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| knowledge of what a yule log looks like
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| | the log and ashes were kept to protect
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| has almost disappeared in modern society.
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| | the house and fed into the fire the
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| The Yule Log was a log at one time that
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| | following year to continue the good luck.
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| was brought into the house on Christmas
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| | It was also thought to be bad luck if the
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| Eve and allowed to burn throughout the
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| | yule log went out during before the
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| twelve days of Christmas.
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| | twelve days of Christmas were over.
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| The custom of burning the Yule log is
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| | The tradition of burning a yule log
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| said to be the oldest Christmas tradition
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| | morphed into eating a yule log when
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| which actually started before the birth
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| | houses no longer had huge hearths and
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| of Christ. It began as a celebration of
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| | fireplaces. The yule log became the
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| the winter solstice in Scandinavia. The
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| | traditional dessert served on the largest
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| winter solstice festivals were called
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| | feast day during the Christmas season.
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| Yule. In medieval times an entire tree
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| | This is Christmas eve in some families,
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| was cut down on one's own property or a
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| | Christmas day in others. In France, it is
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| nearby property and ceremoniously brought
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| | served at le reveillon which is the late
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| into the house. The large end of the tree
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| | supper served after midnight mass on
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| would be put in the fireplace and the
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| | Christmas eve and the yule log is called
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| rest of the tree would stick out in the
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| | "buche de Noel".
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| room. Decorations would be placed on the
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| | The popularity of burning logs during the
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| tree and it would slowly be moved further
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| | holiday season still exists with the
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| into the fireplace as it burnt. The Yule
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| | stockings hanging from the fireplace,
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| log would burn sometimes for a few weeks
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| | along with the Christmas tree in the
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| prior to winter solstice until a couple
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| | corner and Christmas wreaths on the
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| weeks after. Eventually the whole tree
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| | doors. The meaning of the yule log today
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| being brought into the house evolved into
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| | is more associated with the dessert but
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| just a log.
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| | why not eat your yule log dessert sitting
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| Ceremonies and rituals celebrated with
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| | in front of your fireplace enjoying the
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| the yule log evolved over time in
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| | warmth of a burning yule log.
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| different countries. The log was thought
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