Yule

Yule (, ) is a winter festival and time of the year historically observed by heathen Germanic peoples that was later merged with the festival of Christmas during the process of Christianisation. The oldest accounts describe two Yule-months around the winter solstice in early, and sometimes explicitly heathen, Germanic calendars.

traditional dessert sponge cake, made to resemble a miniature Yule log and traditionally served near Christmas

Scandanavian decorative Christmas straw goat

specially selected log burnt on a hearth as a Christmas tradition in parts of Europe

thumb|right|Joulupukki and his wife. '''' () is a Finnish Christmas figure. The name literally means or in Finnish; the word comes from the Old Swedish word bukker'', a cognate of English "buck", meaning . An old Nordic folk tradition, the figure is now often conflated with Santa Claus.

ham eaten for Christmas

Local festival celebrated in Shetland, Scotland

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thumb|Two Turmleuchter type ceramic candle-holders—the right one replicates the design of the SS Julleuchter, itself based on an early modern candle-holder from southern Sweden.

Christmas celebrations and traditions in Denmark

thumb|Modern Finnish joulupöytä Joulupöytä (; "Yule table") is the traditional assortment of foods served on Christmas Eve in Finland. It contains many different dishes, most of them typical for the season.