Another theory by Yule and Burnell ( 1886 ) is based on an entry in the Catalogue of Indian Serpents from the Leyden Museum ( Ray, 1693 ) that reads: Anacondaia Zeylonensibus, id est Bubalorum aliorumque jumentorum membra conterens, meaning " the anacondaia of the Ceylonese, i. e. he that crushes the limbs of buffaloes and yoke beasts.

Immediately following the College Walk festivities is one of Columbia's older holiday traditions, the lighting of the Yule Log.

* 1966 – The first Gävle goat, an annual Swedish Yule Goat tradition, is first erected in Gävle.

The Horned God is born in winter, impregnates the Goddess and then dies during the autumn and winter months and is then reborn by the Goddess at Yule.

Imbolc is defined as a cross-quarter day, midway between the winter solstice ( Yule ) and the spring equinox ( Ostara ).

Julmust ( Swedish jul " Yule " and must " juice ") is a soft drink that is mainly consumed in Sweden around Christmas.

In the pagan wheel of the year the summer solstice is the time of Litha and the winter solstice is that of Yule.

In chapter 14 of Saga of Hákon the Good a description of the pagan Germanic custom of Yule is given.

In Europe, this is particularly the case with the various customs of Carnival or Fasnacht and the Yule traditions surrounding Santa Claus / Sinterklaas.

Yule or Yuletide (" Yule time ") is a religious festival observed by the historical Germanic peoples and some neighboring peoples, before later being absorbed into, and equated with, the Christian festival of Christmas.

Yule is also used to a lesser extent in English-speaking countries to refer to Christmas.

Yule is the modern English representative of the Old English words ġéol or ġéohol and ġéola or ġéoli, with the former indicating "( the 12-day festival of ) Yule " ( later: " Christmastide ") and the latter indicating "( the month of ) Yule ", whereby ǽrra ġéola referred to the period before the Yule festival ( December ) and æftera ġéola referred to the period after Yule ( January ).

A description of " heathen " Yule practices is provided ( notes are Hollander's own ):

" This saga is set soon after Iceland converted to Christianity and identifies Yule with Christmas: " No Christian man is wont to eat meat this day Eve, because that on the morrow is the first day of Yule ," says she, " wherefore must men first fast today.

Scholars have connected the month event and Yule time period to the Wild Hunt ( a ghostly procession in the winter sky ), the god Odin ( who is attested in Germanic areas as leading the Wild Hunt and, as mentioned above, bears the name Jólnir ), and increased supernatural activity, such as the aforementioned Wild Hunt and the increased activities of draugar — undead beings who walk the earth.

Modranicht, an event focused on collective female beings attested by Bede as having occurred among the pagan Anglo-Saxons on what is now Christmas Eve, has been seen as further evidence of a fertility event during the Yule period.

The traditions of the Yule log died out in Britain in the latter 19th and early 20th century because of, according to historian Ronald Hutton, " the reduction in farm labour and the disappearance of the old-fashioned open hearths ", however the Bûche de Noël dessert has become a Christmas tradition in the UK, as in many French speaking places.

In its early years, the Home Shopping Network also aired a Yule Log for the network's only non-broadcasting day before moving to a loop of Tampa Bay Area choirs singing Christmas carols and host wishes in subsequent years.

In 1783, Father Vincentius Sangermano in his book, ' A Description of the Burmese Empire ' described them as, " a petty nation called JO ( JAW )" Sir Henry Yule, as early as 1508 mentioned about the YO country the location of which was " west of the mouth of the Kyen-dwen ( Chindwin ) the interior of Doab, between the Irrawaddy and the Chindwin, from Mout-Shabo upwards and the whole of the hill country east and north-east of the capital, towards the Ruby-mines, the upper course of Hyitnge, and the Chinese frontier ".

* George Yule ( 1829-1892 ) an early President of the Indian National Congress

Yule recalled how Hooker " joined with me in the early days of our acquaintance to form a very select Statistical Dining Club of two members, which met fairly regularly after meetings of the Society.

* Slate. com video on history of The Yule Log

The earliest references to Yule are by way of indigenous Germanic month names ( Ærra Jéola ( Before Yule ) or Jiuli and Æftera Jéola ( After Yule ).

Yule was an indigenous midwinter ( winter solstice ) festival celebrated by the Germanic peoples, absorbed into celebrations surrounding Christmas over time with Christianization.

Scholar Rudolf Simek comments that the pagan Yule feast " had a pronounced religious character " and comments that " it is uncertain whether the Germanic Yule feast still had a function in the cult of the dead and in the veneration of the ancestors, a function which the mid-winter sacrifice certainly held for the West European Stone and Bronze Ages.

In modern Germanic language-speaking areas and some other Northern European countries, the etymological cognates to Yule are employed for the Christmas.

In Germanic Neopagan sects, Yule is celebrated with gatherings that often involve a meal and gift giving.

The Yule log has frequently been associated with having its origins in the historical Germanic paganism which was practiced across northern Europe prior to Christianization.

" The name the " Old Woman " ( Latin vetula ) for such " corn dolls " was in use among the Germanic pagans of Flanders in the 7th century, where Saint Eligius discouraged them from their old practices: " not make vetulas, ( little figures of the Old Woman ), little deer or iotticos or set tables the house-elf, compare Puck ( mythology ) | Puck at night or exchange New Year gifts or supply superfluous drinks Yule custom.

* Jul, Scandinavian and Germanic word for Yule.

Yule is an ancient Germanic holiday sometimes conflated with Christmas.

* Yule or " Yuletide " ( translated by " Koleda "), celebrated by Germanic people

He doesn't live on the North Pole, but perhaps in a forest nearby, or in Denmark he lives on Greenland, and in Finland he lives in Lapland ; he doesn ’ t come down the chimney at night, but through the front door, delivering the presents directly to the children, just like the Yule Goat did ; he is not overweight ; and even if he nowadays sometimes rides in a sleigh drawn by reindeer, instead of just walking around with his sack, his reindeer don ’ t fly-and in Sweden, Denmark and Norway some still put out a bowl of porridge for him on Christmas Eve.

Other actors and actresses who featured on the show included Peter Sellers, Fred Yule, Patricia Hayes, Kenneth Connor, Pat Coombs and Graham Stark ; Sellers ' earliest appearances predated The Goon Show by a couple of years.

De Góis died in Suzhou, Gansu-the first Ming China city he reached-while waiting for an entry permit to proceed toward Beijing ; but, in the words of Henry Yule, it was his expedition that made " Cathay ... finally disappear from view, leaving China only in the mouths and minds of men ".

René continued his studies with his father as well as with the Jazz Arts Society, HARYOU ACT Cultural Program under Julian Yule, Rheet Taylor, Jackie McLean and Kenny Dorham ; the Clark Terry Youth Band, Jazz Mobile and later at the New York College of Music ( N. Y. U. ) and the University of Massachusetts.

* Cool Yule ( Acoustix Productions ; CD ; 1999 )

WGN America did not broadcast The Yule Log in 2010 and 2011, citing the economic infeasibility of devoting several hours to commercial-free programming on a national channel ; however, the program was broadcast locally by WGN-TV Chicago, and by the other Tribune-owned local stations.

WKBW-TV in Buffalo ( not owned by Tribune ), as a replacement for that day's morning newscast, introduced the Yule Log as a replacement in 2008 ; it did not return in 2009.

Around the year AD 450, Hnæf sails to Frys-Land in the autumn ; his purpose is to return Finn's now-grown son and spend the winter in Finn's citadel, celebrating Yule.

* Bringing Up Father ( 1946 ) Monogram Pictures ; directed by Edward F. Cline and written by Cline, Barney Gerard and Jerry Warner, starring Joe Yule as Jiggs, Renie Riano as Maggie, George McManus ( as himself ), Tim Ryan as the stingy and belligerent Dinty Moore, and Pat Goldin as the ever-silent Dugan.

School-wide events include Grandparents ’ & Special Friends ’ Day on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving ; Yule Festival – a longstanding holiday assembly that acknowledges both the common and varying traditions of the school ’ s diverse community in songs and readings that capture the principles and spirit of Hanukkah, Christmas, and Kwanzaa ; and May Day – a special assembly welcoming spring for students in Pre-K through Grade 5.

Popular holiday-related folklore includes Krampus and Knecht Ruprecht, a rough companion to Santa Claus ; the Lutzelfrau, a Yule witch who must be appeased with small presents ; the Osterhase ( Easter Hare-the original Easter Bunny ); and Walpurgisnacht, a spring festival derived from pagan customs.

Later work by Yule, Morton, DeRose, Guthrie, and others has shown his methods unreliable, and even his basic counts to be flawed ( for example, he counted a word as unique to the Pastorals even when very close cognates occur in the remainder of the Epistles ; a particularly unfortunate error for Greek ).

* Jingle Belle's Cool Yule ( ISBN 1-929998-36-8 ; collects Jingle Belle's All-Star Holiday Hullabaloo, Jingle Belle: The Mighty Elves and Jingle Belle: Jubilee )

VINING, PAMELIA SARAH ( Yule ), teacher and author ; b. 10 April 1826 in Clarendon, N. Y., daughter of Daniel Vining and Lydia —; m. 6 April 1866 James Colton Yule in Woodstock, Upper Canada ; they had no children ; d. 6 March 1897 in Ingersoll, Ont.