Who gave us the yule log?
While often thought of as (Anglo-Saxon) like other pyrophilic Christmas customs9 I never could see this, seeing nothing inviting in fires!)-Actually the custom and word are of Scandinavian origin as is the word Yule itself, sometimes rendered Jul .Gut Jul is the standard Christmas greeting in these lands. It is in asense shocking that the idiomatic words for Christmas in a number of European lands do not directly mention Christ or Christianity. one has, in translation- Festive Night (German) Joyous Night (old style usage)-French, Good Yule in Scandinavian lands, and so on.l Spanmish and Italian at least laud the Nativity with Navidad (Spanish) and Natale (Italian) its odd so many Christmas songs, also alas, are wholly secular (Jingle Bells,one of many) Tannenbaum is almost entirely pagan dealing with Nature worship one recalls the sickening Mad Magazine parody during the Berlin crisis ( O Atom Bomb, O atom Bomb, we”re glad your not exploding!) Tannenbaum literally means fir tree or pin
