Before there was Christmas, there was the Viking winter solstice celebration known as Yule. Many raucous traditions from this pagan holiday evolved into the Christmas rituals we still observe today.

Over a thousand years have passed since the Vikings’ pagan belief system was met with the Christian faith — and still, their tradition of yule logs continues to be a part of the Christmas holiday.

The brain-child of Stovall, who has leased ‘Avalon Faire’ for the ‘Yule Viking festival’. “We have Vikings coming to invade the place,” he says. “My show is ‘Adamo Ignis’ fire and danger show. So I’m ...

The final weekend of the Yule Viking Festival is Dec. 16 and 17 at Avalon Faire, 1076 FM 1252 W., Kilgore. For tickets, visit yulevikingfestival.com . Buy Now.

Enter the Yule Viking Festival: a December event dedicated to entertaining and educating audiences about the Yule tradition. “My job is to pull the sun across the sky,” said Bridget Uhles. “I have my ...

The Norse Herb Company of Woodland announced a brand-new holiday event: The Enchanted Viking Yule. The company, which also produces the Portal Marketplace Extravaganza event, says tickets to the event ...

The Enchanted Viking Yule Festival will feature live music, Viking reenactors and more on Saturday, Nov. 30 at Mojo’s Lounge in Woodland.

Vikings practically invented the winter solstice, and Ubisoft is showing that off in Assassin’s Creed Valhalla’s free holiday update, dubbed the “Yule Festival.” ...