yule yule

Diminishing light makes thoughts concentrating on the nearing moment when light finally wins the dark. There are number of old traditions beneath current Christmas, most of them forgotten centuries ago, some of them, such as bringing in a green tree and celebrating around it in our living rooms, which still live as fragments attached in to our modern customs.

Yule is an old name for an ancient winter fest of germanian people. The name is clearly and older forefather of Finnish 'Joulu' (=Christmas). Yule reminds me of yule log. In old days, yule log was the largest log that was burnt in an open hearth as a last one during Yule evening and night. I guess yule log is unfamiliar to most of us. Keeping the plant of the druids, mistletoe hanging over the door, however, is one old still living tradition in some places.

We should keep the old ways alive like the generations before us have done.