Yule Lore
Also called: Yule, Jul, Saturnalia, Christmas, solar/secular New Year, Winster Solstice. Yule originates from the 12-day festival, celebrated by Germanic peoples, around the winter solstice in December and January. 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, …