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So in that case, you treat it more like the Yule log, right, at Christmas time.

Yule logs and reindeer games notwithstanding, the winter holidays are a grueling stretch for many people.

This year, thanks to soaring prices for eggs and butter and other items, she’s downsizing to one straight Yule log.

In Serbia’s capital, Belgrade, hundreds of worshipers gathered outside St. Sava Temple, the largest Serbian Orthodox church, for the traditional burning of dried oak branches that symbolize the Yule log.

Yule logs and other fireplace-based features have served as seasonal backdrops.