The Real Yule.

The holly and the ivy were put up as decorations outside and inside also.

This was done so that nature sprites would come and join in the celebrations.

2. A sprig of holly was kept near the door all through the year.

This was meant to mean good fortune for the people who lived in the place.

3. Mistletoe was symbolic of the seed of the divine..

4.The Yule log would burn for the 12 days of Christmas.They knew how to party in those days.

Ash logs were used as ash is the sacred  World Tree of the Teutons, and is meant to be 'from the sun'.

The Yule log symbolizes the birth of the Sun, on the longest night of the year.




Happy Yuletide ; Happy Christmas; Happy mid-winter.
Info' taken from Yule by Akasha; the Winter Solstice Yule Lore Site.with thanks.