Show Huge Yule Log Fire Once Thought to Ward Off Evil Centuries ago huge fires were built In the great baronial halls in England Eng-land on Christmas eve and servants brought in a log that was to burn throughout the Christmas feasting. It was customary to save a brand from each year's fire to light the next one with. If the log was properly prop-erly burned it was believed that the devil was powerless to do any mischief mis-chief to the household. One story has it that stockings were originally hung by fireplaces burning Yule logs in order to absorb ab-sorb the odor of the burning wood and thus give the wearer protection from evil. |