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The modern English noun Yule descends from Old English ġēol, earlier geoh(h)ol, geh(h)ol, and geóla, sometimes plural. [1] The Old English ġēol or ġēohol and ġēola or ġēoli indicate the 12-day festival of "Yule" (later: "Christmastide"), the latter indicating the month of "Yule", whereby ǣrra ġēola referred to the period before the Yule festival (December) and æftera ġēola ...
A Yule log or bûche de Noël (French pronunciation: [byʃ də nɔɛl]) is a traditional Christmas cake, often served as a dessert, especially in France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Lebanon, Switzerland, Vietnam, [ 1 ] and Quebec, Canada. Variants are also served in the United States, United Kingdom, Cambodia, Scandinavia, Portugal, Spain, and Japan.
An illustration of people collecting a Yule log from Chambers Book of Days(1832) The Yule log, Yule clog, or Christmas blockis a specially selected logburnt on a hearthas a winter tradition in regions of Europe, and subsequently North America. The origin of the folk customis unclear. Like other traditions associated with Yule(such as the Yule ...
A réveillon(French:[ʁevɛjɔ̃]ⓘ) is a long dinner held in the evening preceding Christmas Dayand New Year's Eve. Its name descends from the word réveil(meaning "waking"), because participation involves staying awake until morning, as the meal finishes. The practice is observed in Belgium, France, Brazil, Romania[1]in the Canadian ...
This list excludes words that come from French, but were introduced into the English language via a language other than French, which include commodore, domineer, filibuster, ketone, loggia, lotto, mariachi, monsignor, oboe, paella, panzer, picayune, ranch, vendue, and veneer. English words of French origin can also be distinguished from French ...
Other common alterations replace the word "Christmas" with "Yule" or "Yuletide". For example, "Christmas carol" may be changed to "Yuletide carol" and "Christmas treasure" to "Yuletide treasure". Yule is used in modern times as another word for Christmas and the Christmas season, though the word has origins in an ancient Germanic midwinter ...
Yule originates from pagan traditions/ancient celebrations that symbolized the longest night of the year. These gatherings marked the end of the cold, dark winter and the symbolic rebirth of the ...
An Advent calendar, from the German word Adventskalender, is used to count the days of Advent in anticipation of Christmas. [ 1 ] Since the date of the First Sunday of Advent varies, falling between November 27 and December 3 inclusive, many reusable Advent calendars made of paper or wood begin on December 1.