How Yule Become Christmas?
Another Winter-Solstice Festival, Yule, Was Observed by Germanic Peoples and Connected to Odin, King of the Norse Gods. It, Too, Was Later Wrapped up into...
Another winter-solstice festival, Yule, was observed by Germanic peoples and connected to Odin, king of the Norse gods. It, too, was later wrapped up into Christmas: The Yule log, decorated tree, and wassailing can all be traced back to this Teutonic celebration.
How did Yule influence Christmas?
The Yule wreath was a giant wheel that the Vikings set on fire and threw down a hill to wish for the return of the Sun. It is theorized that the Yule wreath was the ancestor of the Christmas wreath on our doors today. Mistletoe also had mythical importance.
When did Yule turn into Christmas?
Yule comes from the old Norse jól and Old English géohol which was a season of hunting after the harvest was done. This fell in what we now call December so it eventually became associated with the Christmas Holiday. The first recorded use of the noun Yuletide, according to Wikipedia, was in 1475.
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