yule log

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The Yule Log is a tradition that dates back hundreds of years.
聖誕柴這一傳統(tǒng)有幾百年的歷史。
The Yule Log on TV is a relatively new tradition for those who have no fireplace to burn their own log.
而電眡聖誕柴則是個相對較新的傳統(tǒng)，主要是爲那些沒有燒柴壁爐的人家而設(shè)的。
In the days before central heating, a large piece of wood, called the "yule log", was saved for a blazing Christmas fire.
在中央系統(tǒng)供煖以前，爲了點燃聖誕節(jié)的爐火，人們往往儲備一大塊木頭。這塊木頭就被叫做“聖誕節(jié)原木”。

What we're watching: The Yule Log burning all day on INHD of course.
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Only in New York would watching a Yule log burn on TV be a cherished Christmas tradition.
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The Germanic culture that dominated most of northern Europe gave us the word yule, and the tradition of burning a yule log to ward off evil spirits.
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a cylinder-shaped chocolate cake, eaten at Christmas, that is decorated to look like a log (= a thick piece of wood from a tree)

a large log of wood traditionally used as the foundation of a fire in the hearth at Christmas