Today, people consider "Yule" synonymous with "Christmas." But centuries ago, Yule meant something different — a pagan mid-winter festival, dating back to pre-Christian Germanic people.

Yule is an incredibly old word (for English, anyway) that may trace back to celebrations of the new year, Christmas, and may or may not involve a lot of drinking and eating, sacrifices, and making ...

The holiday season is filled with time-honored traditions, and the yule log is one of the many cherished Christmas rituals that have been around for centuries. But when you think of a yule log, two ...

The Yule Cat has to be one of the most interesting Christmas beasts. Coming from Icelandic folklore, it's surrounded by ...

ATTLEBORO - As part of its ongoing mission to promote and preserve the history of Attleboro, the Attleboro Historical Preservation Society offers monthly educational programs that, for the most part, ...

The word Yuletide is used a lot around Christmas time, but it turns out many people have no idea what the word actually means ...