Editing Yule (section)

{{Short description|Winter festival}}
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{{About|the ancient pagan festival and its modern revivals|the Christian festival|Christmas}}
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{{Infobox holiday
| holiday_name  = Yule
| image         = Chambers Yule Log.png
| caption       = Hauling a Yule log in 1832
| observedby    = Various [[Northern Europe|Northern Europeans]], [[Germanic peoples]], [[Heathenry (new religious movement)|Heathens]], [[Wiccans]], [[Neopagans]], [[LaVeyan Satanism|LaVeyan Satanists]]
| frequency     = Annual
| date          = See {{section link||Date of observance}}
| type          = Pagan
| significance  = [[List of winter festivals|Winter festival]]
| relatedto     = [[Midwinter]], [[Christmastide]], [[Christmas]]
| nickname      = Yuletide, Yulefest
| longtype      = Cultural, [[Germanic paganism|Germanic pagan]], [[modern pagan]]
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'''Yule''' is a winter festival historically observed by the [[Germanic peoples]] that was incorporated into [[Christmas]] during the [[Christianisation of the Germanic peoples]]. In present times adherents of some [[new religious movements]] (such as [[Modern Germanic paganism]]) celebrate Yule independently of the Christian festival. Scholars have connected the original celebrations of Yule to the [[Wild Hunt]], the god [[Odin]], and the [[heathen Anglo-Saxon]] {{lang|ang|[[Mōdraniht]]}} ("Mothers' Night"). The term ''Yule'' and cognates are still used in English and the [[Scandinavian languages]] as well as in [[Finnish language|Finnish]] and [[Estonian language|Estonian]] to describe Christmas and other festivals occurring during the [[Christmas and holiday season|winter holiday season]]. Furthermore, some present-day Christmas customs and traditions such as the [[Yule log]], [[Yule goat]], Yule boar, [[Wassailing|Yule singing]], and others may have connections to older pagan Yule traditions.