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nomaxim
12-24-2017, 07:17 PM
Happy Holidays! :RpS_smile:


https://youtu.be/LRP8d7hhpoQ


Interesting tidbit;
Wiki: Yule (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yule);

Yule or Yuletide ("Yule time") was and is a festival observed by the historical Germanic peoples (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germanic_peoples). Scholars have connected the celebration to the Wild Hunt (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wild_Hunt), the god Odin (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odin), and the pagan (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paganism) Anglo-Saxon Mōdraniht (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C5%8Ddraniht). It later underwent Christianized reformulation (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interpretatio_Christiana) resulting in the term Christmastide (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmastide).

Terms with an etymological equivalent to Yule are used in the Nordic countries (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nordic_countries) for Christmas with its religious rites (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rite), but also for the holidays of this season. Today Yule is also used to a lesser extent in the English-speaking world as a synonym for Christmas. Present day Christmas customs and traditions such as the Yule log (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yule_log), Yule goat (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yule_Goat), Yule boar (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_ham) (Christmas Ham), Yule singing (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wassailing) (Caroling), and others stem from pagan Yule. Today the event is celebrated in Heathenry (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heathenry_(new_religious_movement)) and some other forms of Modern Paganism (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_Paganism).

Yule was originally celebrated on 21DEC., to welcome the coming of Spring.

laidback
12-25-2017, 07:44 AM
MERRY CHRISTMAS, to all!http://bestanimations.com/Holidays/Christmas/merrychristmas/merry-christmas-minions-greeting-gif-4.gif