fireplaces on Christmas
Eve, a log so big that it was
meant to burn until the
first of January. Families
used the ashes from their
Yule logs for medicinal
purposes and as a fertilizer
for their crops. Yule logs
thus symbolized hope for a
good harvest.
At my family’s bakery,
my parents would make
hundreds of bûches de
chris devlin
(Chris Devlin)
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