Though few Americans still bother with it, the burning of the yule log was at one time one of the most firmly entrenched customs of Christmas.
UNITED KINGDOM - JANUARY 09: A group of children taking the Yule log home, Christmas card. United Kingdom, late 19th century. Everything to do with them was fraught with ritual — certain formulas had to be followed very carefully lest disaster befall the household in the upcoming year.
The first step towards lighting the yule log was fetching the carefully-preserved scrap of the previous year's log from under the homeowner's bed. Having done its job of keeping the house safe from fire and lightning since the last festive season, it was now used to light the new log. The new log had to catch fire during the first attempt at lighting it; its failure to do so was a sign of misfortune coming to the family. Such an important duty had to be handled gravely.
As the log burned, people told ghost stories and tales of olden times whilst drinking cider. Shadows cast upon the wall were carefully scrutinized, for it was well known that a"headless" shadow foretold the death of the person casting it within the year.
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