Before there was Christmas, there was the Viking winter solstice celebration known as Yule. Many raucous traditions from this pagan holiday evolved into the Christmas rituals we still observe today.

Learn about the pagan holiday Yule, which takes place on the winter solstice, and how to celebrate it today.

In Southwestern Wisconsin, preparation is underway for Circle Sanctuary's 50th annual Yule festival. For the pagan members the church serves, it marks winter solstice, the longest night of the ...

BARNEVELD, Wis. — Today, on the winter solstice, Selena Fox will be leading a celebration of Yule, the pagan winter holiday that predates Christmas. It’s the 50th Yule ritual she’s hosted ...

Enter the Yule Viking Festival: a December event dedicated to entertaining and educating audiences about the Yule tradition. “My job is to pull the sun across the sky,” said Bridget Uhles. “I have my ...

The special is also a good one to put on with young ones around but, keep in mind, the Grinch's first appearance and devilish giggle startled me worse than just about anything I saw on my ...

Until then, Cabral is inviting locals to learn more about pagan midwinter traditions at her shop on Dec. 21 when she will be hosting a visit from Luna the Yule goat. Luna the Yule goat will be ...

(Mass Appeal) – Yule is a festival that takes place on or around the winter solstice, the shortest day of the year. The Winter Solstice is at 4:20 am on December 21st, this Saturday. Reverend… ...

Netflix launched three themed virtual yule logs, each 60 minute in length, based on 'Bridgerton,' 'Squid Game' and 'Spellbound.' ...

Yule be glad to know that “Welcome Yule: A Midwinter Celebration” will return for its 40th year at the Shea Theater Arts Center in Turners Falls on Friday, Dec. 13, and Saturday, Dec. 14, at 7 ...

Classical Blast will play its popular "Dark Side of the Yule" holiday concert in Hobart and Southwest Michigan next weekend. The band, which blends classic rock with classical music like Beethoven ...