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The Yule log began as an ancient
tradition dating back to the Druids. It was usually a huge oak
trunk that would burn all through the midwinter's night of the
winter solstice. The fire symbolized the coming of warmer, sunnier
days. Each year the log was lit with an unburned splinter from
the last year's Yule log to symbolize the continuity of the seasons.
It was also believed that the Yule log brought protection and
good luck to those who burned it. Later, for some, the burning
of the Yule log came to symbolize the light of Heaven. |
