film at Gracie Mansion, New York City's mayoral residence. New footage of a flaming yule log was shot in 1970, in a different location, producing a seven-minute loop on 35 millimeter film. The station still broadcasts the Yule Log for four to five hours every Christmas morning and, through the years, has had many imitators at television stations across the country. See also Sacred trees and groves in Germanic paganism and mythology Notes References Cabaniss, Allen. 2006. Aily Wright "Christmas" in Charles Reagan Wilson, ed. The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture, vol. 4, pp. 210–211. University of North Carolina Press. Durham, M. E. 1940. "Some Balkan Festivals" in Folklore, Vol. 51, No. 2 (June 1940), pp. 84–89). Taylor and Francis. Grimm, Jacob (James Steven Stallybrass trans.). 1882. Teutonic Mythology: Translated from the Fourth Edition with Notes and Appendix Vol. I. London: George Bell and Sons. Bourne, Henry. 1777 [1725]. Observations on Popular Antiquities. T. Saint. Hutton, Ronald. 1996. The Stations of the Sun: A History of the Ritual Year in Britain. Oxford University Press Meyer Jr., Robert. 1947. "Calendar of Western Folk Events" in Western Folklore, Vol. 6, No. 4 (Oct. 1947), pp. 367–370. Western States Folklore Society. Partridge, J. B. 1914. "Folklore from Yorkshire (North Riding)" in Folklore, Vol. 25, No. 3 (Sep. 30, 1914), pp. 375–377. Taylor & Francis. Rose, H. J. 1923. "Folklore Scraps" in Folklore, Vol. 34, No. 2 (Jun. 30, 1923), pp. 154–158. Taylor & Francis. Simek, Rudolf (Angela Hall trans.). 2007. Dictionary of Northern Mythology. D.S. Brewer Simpson, Jacqueline and Steve Roud (2003). A Dictionary of English Folklore. Oxford University Press. Watts, Linda. 2005. Encyclopedia of American Folklore. Facts on File. Wiley, J. R. 1983. "Burning the Ashen Faggot: A Surviving Somerset Custom". Folklore, Vol. 94, No. 1 (1983), pp. 40–43. Taylor & Francis. External links Christmas traditions in Europe Winter traditions Traditions involving fire Yule