as an alternative to the Christian Christmas holiday. Yule in LaVeyan Satanism is not celebrated with the same rituals as in contemporary paganism or Heathenry. See also , an event attested from Old Norse sources as having occurred among the pagan Norse Julebord, the modern Scandinavian Christmas feast Koliada, a Slavic winter festival Lohri, a Punjabi winter solstice festival , an event attested by Bede as having occurred among the pagan Anglo-Saxons on what is now Christmas Eve , an ancient Roman festival in honor of the deity Saturn, held on 17 December and expanded with festivities through 23 December Yaldā Night, an Iranian festival celebrated on the "longest and darkest night of the year." Nardogan, the birth of the sun, is an ancient Turkic festival that celebrates the winter solstice. Notes References Barnhart, Robert K. (1995). The Barnhart Concise Dictionary of Etymology. HarperCollins. Bosworth, Joseph; Toller, T. Northcote (1898). An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Faulkes, Anthony (Trans.) (1995). Edda. Everyman. . Hoad, T. F. (1996). The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. Oxford: Oxford University Press. . Hollander, M. Lee (Trans.) (2007). Heimskringla: History of the Kings of Norway. University of Texas Press. OED Online. "yule, n.". December 2022. Oxford University Press. https://www.oed.com/view/Entry/232554?rskey=1PdGuS&result=1&isAdvanced=false (accessed December 27, 2022). Orchard, Andy (1997). Dictionary of Norse Myth and Legend. Cassell. . Orel, Vladimir (2003). A Handbook of Germanic Etymology. Leiden: Brill Publishers. pg. 205. . Simek, Rudolf (2007) translated by Angela Hall. Dictionary of Northern Mythology. D.S. Brewer External links Christmas-linked holidays Christmas Early Germanic calendar Early Germanic festivals English folklore Germanic paganism December observances January observances Modern pagan holidays Northumbrian folklore Religious holidays Scottish folklore Quarter days Events in Norse mythology Eating parties Odin