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It is called Yule by Wiccans, who consider it one of their four minor Sabbats. Followers of Shinto observe Tohji-taisai, the Grand Ceremony of the Winter Solstice. ... The history of Christmas dates back over 4000 years. Many of our Christmas traditions were celebrated centuries before the Christ child was born.
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www.spelwerx.com/yulehistory.html
www.spelwerx.com/yulehistory.html
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Five thousand years of human history--maybe more--have enfolded this season in rich garb--many layers of celebration, folklore and tradition. Here's where you get to unwrap the gift. We'll be adding more every day throughout the holiday season.
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www.candlegrove.com/home.html
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Offers origin of yule. ... It is certain that a mid-winter festival called Yule was celebrated in the Nordic countries well before the year 1000. Though challenged by some scholars, the fact that Yule/Jól was celebrated here in Iceland and throughout the Northern Hemisphere well before the advent of Christianity is now...
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www.funmunch.com/events/yule/yule_origin.shtml
www.funmunch.com/events/yule/yule_origin.shtml
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History of the Yule log. ... There is a custom that on Christmas Eve an enormous log of freshly cut wood called the Yule log would be fetched and carried to the house with great ceremony.
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www.culture.fr/culture/noel/angl/buche.htm
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February 18, 1871, on a small family farm in Morham, Scotland, Sir George Udny Yule and his wife, Henrietta Peach, gave birth to an ambitious little boy who would ultimately take many first steps in paving the way for the development of probability-based statistical methods.
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www.mrs.umn.edu/~sungurea/introstat/history/w98/Yule.ht...
www.mrs.umn.edu/~sungurea/introstat/history/w98/Yule.html
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The sheer plethora of traditional cookies and sweets of the season, from many cultures but especially prevalent in Germany, Italy and the UK, is testament to an elaborate history of foods created especially for the season of Yule.
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www.witchvox.com/va/dt_va.html?a=usma&c=holidays&id=207...
www.witchvox.com/va/dt_va.html?a=usma&c=holidays&id=2079
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The history of the Christmas Yule Log originates in the ritual known as Yuletide, a pagan festival of fire. This festival uses the burning of a log on the eve of the Winter Solstice to usher in the power of the sun. The day traditionally falls on December 20 and is the shortest day and longest night of the year.
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www.allsands.com/Religious/Christian/yulelog_wfz_gn.htm
www.allsands.com/Religious/Christian/yulelog_wfz_gn.htm
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George Udny Yule (1871-1951) ... George Udny Yule ... George Udny Yule graduated in Engineering from University College London and then studied in Bonn. He worked with Karl Pearson on the statistics of regression and correlation. He took a post with an examinations board before being appointed to a Cambridge fellowship.
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www-groups.dcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians...
www-groups.dcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Yule.html
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Unless, of course, some company markets an electric yule log (are you listening you entrepreneurial types?). It’s hard to think of an adequate replacement of this dying tradition, but learning a bit about the history of the yule log is certainly warming and fitting as Christmas approaches...
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www.christmaslore.com/the_history_of_the_yule_log.html
www.christmaslore.com/the_history_of_the_yule_log.html
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