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Buche de Noel, or yule log, came in first in California, Tennessee and Louisiana — while residents of Alaska, Vermont and Idaho searched for the ever-popular sugar cookie more than anything else.
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Christine Rousselle, Fox News, 23 Dec. 2024
Many modern-day Christmas rituals, like decorating trees and burning yule logs, are derived from Winter Solstice traditions.
—Margaux Laskey, New York Times, 21 Dec. 2024
The Yule festival in German and pagan tradition is one of the oldest winter solstice celebrations in the world and includes burning a yule log—often the largest log a family could find—on the shortest and darkest day of the year.
—Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
At Ember, specialty items include slow-roasted prime rib and Bailey's yule log.
—Endia Fontanez, The Arizona Republic, 17 Dec. 2024
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Christine Rousselle, Fox News, 23 Dec. 2024
Many modern-day Christmas rituals, like decorating trees and burning yule logs, are derived from Winter Solstice traditions.
—Margaux Laskey, New York Times, 21 Dec. 2024
The Yule festival in German and pagan tradition is one of the oldest winter solstice celebrations in the world and includes burning a yule log—often the largest log a family could find—on the shortest and darkest day of the year.
—Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
At Ember, specialty items include slow-roasted prime rib and Bailey's yule log.
—Endia Fontanez, The Arizona Republic, 17 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for yule
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That includes a Home Depot spot pegged to December’s Best Christmas Ever, AMC’s month of holiday programming that lured more than 20 other brands.—
Pamela McClintock,
HollywoodReporter,
13 June 2025
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The rapper demonstrated his love for dogs in 2019, after a video of a young bull terrier being abandoned on the road in England by his owner just before Christmas went viral.—
Raechal Shewfelt,
EW.com,
13 June 2025
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Late last year, to signal the return of Davies and commemorate its 60th anniversary, three specials aired featuring fan favorites David Tennant and Catherine Tate before Gatwa was introduced in a third Xmas special – The Church on Ruby Road, which divided critics.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
5 Dec. 2024
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Bong Candle’s Xmas Treez Bong Candle’s limited holiday time items are sure to bring on the giggles due to their names, never mind their effects.—
Joan Oleck,
Forbes,
4 Dec. 2024
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Over the Christmas season, as much of the world marked the birth of Jesus Christ, Islam’s cousin was killed in an airstrike less than 100 kilometers from Bethlehem, the city of Christ’s nativity.—
Daphne Ewing-Chow,
Forbes,
5 Jan. 2025
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During the Renaissance, people in Italy would act out live nativity scenes to help tell the Christmas story.—
Megan Boettcher,
Better Homes & Gardens,
6 Dec. 2024
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“Yule.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/yule. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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