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How cozy Yuletide traditions got their start with raging parties and animal sacrifice

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A family at their Victorian-era Christmas dinner, circa 1840.

Today, people consider "Yule" synonymous with "Christmas." But centuries ago, Yule meant something different — a pagan mid-winter festival, dating back to pre-Christian Germanic people.

(Image credit: Hulton Archive)

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