Yule Logs?

[Amorpheous]

Umm... A question. Do Pagans use Yule logs? I still attend my Christian Chruch because I'm part of an awesome handbell group and my mom doesn't know about my interest in Paganism. Well, to get to the point, we made Yule logs today in youth group instead of studying the bible, and I'm wondering if Pagans use Yule logs? Anywhere. In any ritual. At all.

Thanks!

 

[Starlock]

Some do. I can't remember off the top of my head where the log tradition came from. I hope to make a yule log cake this year, but I don't have a formal Yule log to burn yet as I don't really have a place to do so.  

[Amorpheous]

Yay! Thank you so much! I really had no idea what to do with my Yule Log.... Good luck with the Yule Log cake!  

[AnurenDark]

I burn a Yule log, in the barbeque coz that's the only place mum will let me burn it. And then I save a bit to burn on new years to welcome the new solar year.

Side note: the tradition of burning an oak log came from the fact the oak is a holy tree. In the old days they'd keep it burning (I have no idea how, I think they must have felled a hole tree) throughout the dark days of the year as a sign of hope. I just love the meaning behind it and imagining my ancestors doing it. Makes me happy ^^

Sorry for the random info. Yum yum yule cake!  

[Conan The Barbie Doll]

Some do, yes. Yule Logs are a generally universal decoration, yet Pagans might have a "deeper" use for it, ritual-wise, for example. I'm not 100% sure on this, however.