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yule::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | christmas, christmastide, christmastime, noel, yuletide |
| Type of | season |
Examples of yule
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Yule decorations were up in Crabtree on Oct. 20, perhaps the earliest date ever.
From the newsobserver.com
Earlier reports speculated that embers from a yule fire started the fatal blaze.
From the abcnews.go.com
They're offering a 24-hour, high-def yule log channel On Demand through Jan. 4.
From the denverpost.com
Yule a Hoop is a Colorado-made product designed with busy merrymakers in mind.
From the denverpost.com
So you wake up Christmas morning, you turn on your TV and you've got the yule log.
From the abcnews.go.com
This, sadly, knocks out Annie Bell's yule log, which is as rich as Scrooge himself.
From the guardian.co.uk
Visitors learned to make festive yule logs for decorations out of natural materials.
From the dailyherald.com
The yule log isn't the only thing that will be blazing for the holidays this season.
From the washingtonpost.com
All that's left is to hang up your stocking and hope for a very merry yule.
From the independent.co.uk
- Christmas: period extending from Dec. 24 to Jan. 6
- Yule or Yule-tide is a winter festival that was initially celebrated by the historical Germanic peoples as a pagan religious festival, though it was later absorbed into, and equated with, the Christian festival of Christmas. ...
- Middle-earth calendar refers to one of the systems of keeping time in the fictional Middle-earth devised by J. R. R. Tolkien, and described in The Lord of the Rings. Because Middle-earth was intended to be our world in the distant past, the basic structure of the calendar is similar to ours.
- A wintertime holiday celebrated by the pagan Scandinavian, Germanic, and Anglo-Saxon peoples; One of the eight Sabbats celebrated in Wicca, a celebration of the winter solstice; Christmas; The midwinter festival of the modern pagan faith of Heathenry
- The Christmas season, between December 24^th and January 6^th
- An ancient Celtic seasonal day of celebration at the time of the winter solstice. Depending upon the year, the solstice may fall on DEC-20 to 23. A popular minor Sabbat (holy day) observed by Wiccans and other Neopagans.
- Col. Henry, and Burnell, A. C. (1979), Hobson-Jobson, ed William Crooke (1st edn pub John Murray, London, 1903), New Delhi: Munshiram Manoharlal.
- An ancient Celtic festival held on or around the 21st of December, celebrating the winter solstice. It is one of the cross-quarter days, and has now become synonymous with Christmas.
- If you don't behave yourself, yule get coal in your stocking.
