First recorded in 1715–25
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So in that case, you treat it more like the Yule log, right, at Christmas time.
From Salon ● Feb. 9, 2025
This year, thanks to soaring prices for eggs and butter and other items, she’s downsizing to one straight Yule log.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 13, 2022
Oysters, frog’s leg-chervil soup and an ice cream Yule log round out the meal, $98: 30 East 20th Street, 212-267-7426, lecoqriconyc.com.
From New York Times ● Dec. 13, 2016
Every year, my parents, my older brother, and I would haul out our fake tree from the basement and watch the Yule log on WPIX.
From Slate ● Jun. 17, 2016
Under the name in Lombardy of zocco, in Tuscany of ciocco, di Natale, the Yule log was in olden times common in Italian cities; the custom can there be traced back to the eleventh century.
From Christmas in Ritual and Tradition, Christian and Pagan by Miles, Clement A.
The yule log, for example, existed during the Viking era.
From BBC ● Dec. 24, 2025
The sound of the fire, crackling and popping, struck Borsay as weirdly familiar, like the YouTube yule log video he put on at Christmas.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 25, 2025
Host Jesse Palmer challenges the competitors with five styles of yule log cakes in 10 flavor combinations.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 7, 2021
He could have fit a navel orange, a Christmas cracker and a yule log in there.
From Salon ● Dec. 23, 2013
The yule log burned on the hearth and flaming torches filled the sconces.
From "The Door in the Wall" by Marguerite de Angeli
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