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Bringing Home the Yule Log
Bringing home the yule log in certain European countries involves picking a special “block” of wood to burn on Christmas Eve. The Yule Log that I am referring to will be consumed, but hopefully, never burned. When my kids were little, our traditional Christmas meal dessert was a yule log cake.
The Christmas Pickle
The Christmas pickle is a tradition in our family that goes back several years. My mother-in-love first found our Old World Christmas ornaments at a little shop in Mountain Brook. Christine’s was the cutting edge gift shop of Birmingham for over 30 years and my MIL has given us several wonderful gifts purchased from her. This sweet gift is one that literally kept on giving for years to come.
Yada, Yada, Yada
I’m sure most of you are familiar with Seinfeld’s episode called “The Yada, Yada,” but did you know that yada in Hebrew means to ascertain by seeing. Today’s post is all about the yada, yada, yada from Psalm 139:23:
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