The Yule Log
In Newfoundland there is a custom of burning a yule log. The log
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or 'back junk' was cut before Christmas and at sunset on Christmas
Eve was placed at the back of the hearth. A blaze was taken from
the burning log at midnight on Christmas Eve and thrown over the
house to protect it form the danger of fire throughout the coming year.