How to Use Yule log in a Sentence

Yule log

noun
  • In France, the bûche de Noël turns the old Yule log tradition into a chocolatey cake roll.
    — Arizona Republic, AZCentral.com, 23 Dec. 2025
  • Yule logs have been a feature of holiday stunt programming on local TV for decades.
    — Todd Spangler, Variety, 1 Dec. 2025
  • There's also the age-old custom of burning a Yule log, traditionally associated with good fortune and protection from misfortune.
    — Olivia Morelli, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Nov. 2026
  • Though the Yule log had once sprouted from a place of whimsical evolution (not many of us are reliably lugging colossal hunks of wood home), its flavors and construction have yet to experience the breadth of remix its flat-sheet and round-tiered kin have undergone.
    — Ingu Chen, Bon Appetit Magazine, 1 Dec. 2025
  • While the world hurtles towards holiday chaos, reclaim your winter solstice with stillness and reflection just as the world’s ancient cultures did thousands of years ago, from Roman Saturnalia feasts to Persian Shab-e Yalda gatherings to the blazing Yule logs of Scandinavia.
    — Michaela Trimble, Vogue, 18 Dec. 2025

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