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Men selvom traditionen, som vi kender den i dag, havde sin spæde start i 1940erne, kan man sige at vi har holdt "juletids-fester," som de julefrokoster vi kender i dag, i mere end tusind år. But even though the tradition, as we know it today, had its cool start in the 1940s, we can say that we have held "Christmas festivals," as the Christmas costumes we know today, for more than a thousand years.

Traditionen som ligger i ordet 'jul' (og 'yule' på engelsk), der modsat det engelske 'christmas', signalerer på ingen måde at jul er en kristen fest. The tradition that lies in the word 'Christmas' (and 'yule' in English), as opposed to the English 'Christmas', in no way signals that Christmas is a Christian celebration. Ordet 'jul' stammer efter al sandsynlighed fra det oldnordiske ord 'jól', der betyder vende eller dreje og var navnet på vikingernes overdådige brag af æde-, drikke- og horegilder, når vinteren vendte. The word 'Christmas' is likely to originate from the Old Norse word 'Christmas', which means turning or turning and was the name of the Viking's lavish burst of food, drink and horegilder when the winter turned.

Jól-festerne afholdtes omkring 13.-14. Januar og man fejrede at man var kommet igennem den værste mørke vinter og nu gik mod mildere og lysere tider. January and it was celebrated that you had come through the worst dark winter and now went to milder and brighter times.