In Norway, as in most of non-Anglo-Saxon Europe, Yule is celebrated on the 24th. The midwinter celebrations are a direct continuation of the old midwinterblót, given a thin christian veneer when Norway was christianised a millennia ago – but our habit of throwing a party when the sun turns goes back way beyond that.

So to everyone out there who happen to read this, I wish a God Jul and a Godt Nytt År.

Or as they would say a millennia ago;