For the Vikings, Germanic tribes, and other pagan peoples of pre-Christian Europe, this celebration, known as Yule, was originally meant to honor the winter solstice. The Yule or Yuletide ...

For this reason, pagan and druid communities ... Jul' was the name given to the old winter solstice festivals. This is where the word we know as 'Yule' comes from, and where the custom of the ...