I recall that the day before Christmas Eve day was almost always spent working off chores around the farm. Later in life my Father spilled the beans and let me in on a secret; he kept us kids out of the house so Mom could wrap the gifts and make the last few holiday preparations without having children underfoot.
One of the coveted chores was identifying the Yule log and having the "privilege" of splitting that log into sections for the Christmas Eve fire. I clearly recall being selected at 10 years old to be the lucky kid who got to split the Yule log all those years ago. As years past I moved away and lived on a lot of places that there wasn't a fireplace on Christmas Eve.
To those who have Internet connectivity and want the look and feel of the Yule log tradition I offer this:
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Merry Christmas!
I can explain it to you but I can't understand it for you.
"Any man who thinks he can be happy and prosperous by letting the Government take care of him; better take a closer look at the American Indian." - Henry Ford
Corruptissima re publica plurimae leges; When the Republic is at its most corrupt the laws are most numerous. - Publius Cornelius Tacitus
mtn60 wrote: A yule log is one that is whole and burns for a long long time.
Splitting a log and still calling it the Yule Log is incorrect
Yule log or not, it wouldn't take much time or effort for a kid to pluck a log out of the pile and tote it to the house for burning later that night. The objective was to keep all of the children out of the house by ensuring there were plenty of chores outside the day before Christmas eve.
I can explain it to you but I can't understand it for you.
"Any man who thinks he can be happy and prosperous by letting the Government take care of him; better take a closer look at the American Indian." - Henry Ford
Corruptissima re publica plurimae leges; When the Republic is at its most corrupt the laws are most numerous. - Publius Cornelius Tacitus
