yule

• He was asked to remain, of course, to which he assented, and slipped into his place with a quiet ponderosity which seemed to belong to him An oaken yule-log had as much sense, and were quicker!" —  Clare Avery A Story of the Spanish Armada
• In the south the head of the family kindles the yule-log, or bűche-de-Noël_, which is supposed to continue burning until the arrival of spring. —  Christmas: Its Origin and Associations Together with Its Historical Events and Festive Celebrations During Nineteen Centuries
• It was a feast of humour and a flow of fun, better than all the yule-tide fare that ever was provided--fuller of good things than any Christmas pudding of plums and candied fruit-peel--more warming to the cockles of one's heart, whatever those may be, than the mellowest wassail-bowl ever brimmed to over-flowing. —  Charles Dickens as a Reader
• Mr. Wellesley drags in the yule-log, much to the detriment of the Brussels, and the annoyance of the guests; for, upon placing it in the grate, it causes everything to be covered with black tadpoles, nearly extinguishing the fire--until it ignites, roasting the company, and making the pot a white-heat Illustration The Captain has repeated last evening's brew, upon a larger scale, in the "little bason," or wassail-bowl. —  Christmas Comes but Once A Year Showing What Mr. Brown Did, Thought, and Intended to Do, during that Festive Season.
• Yet this suffices: and it seems to me that there is something very tenderly touching about these thin yule-twigs which make, with all the loving ceremonial and rejoicing that might go with a whole tree-trunk, the poor man's Christmas fire. —  The Christmas Kalends of Provence And Some Other Provençal Festivals

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