YULE
Yule
Yule or Yuletide is a religious festival observed by the historical Germanic peoples, later being absorbed into and equated with the Christian festival of Christmas. The earliest references to Yule are by way of indigenous Germanic month names (Ærra Jéola or Jiuli and Æftera Jéola . Scholars have connected the celebration to the Wild Hunt, the god Odin and the pagan Anglo-Saxon Modranicht.The above text is a snippet from Wikipedia: Yule
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