Show burning the yule log old christmas custom N MANY an old british mansion I 1 IN it was customary to light tall tal I 1 candles candies on christmas eve and then FL a huge log was rolled onto the hearth called the Tule log this log was so large that it required the strength of several men to roll it into place the log was cut from a tree felled at midnight and was to be placed on the hearth during midnight b ht mass on christmas eve and was to be lighted by the head of the family A piece of this burning wood was wag to be laid aside to light the next nest years log with while at the same time it would protect the household during the corning coming year in some sections of germany a piece of this charred wood was placed under the bed to avert the much dreaded lightning stroke the burning of the in each homestead seems to have been a survival of the adoration once offered to the sun at the winter sol alce stice |