The Christmas Word of the Day

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Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good word ;)  Take this one and make merry, then post it in the comments.

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 25

Yule

[yool]Part of speech: noun

Origin: middle english, pre-900

• The Christmas season
• The 12 Days of Christmas

Examples of Yule in a sentence

• She went all out to celebrate Yule with wreaths, ornaments, and traditions every year.
• Pipers piping and lords a-leaping are excellent ways to celebrate Yule.

About Yule

While Yule now refers to the Christian holiday, the origins are broader. Yule was the original name for an ancient winter festival through December and January. When Christianity spread, the term was adopted for the celebration associated with the Feast of the Nativity.

Did you Know?

You’ll find versions of Yule scattered all throughout Christmas carols. It’s a proper noun for the Christmas season, specifically the 12 days starting December 25. It can also be an adjective — anyone love a yule log? Then it helps form "yuletide," another noun for the Christmas season in general.

Forging Friendship - A Drabble Story

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Day 1

New York City was already lit up like, well, like a Christmas Tree.

It was Christmas, and it was cold.

Napoleon Solo was looking forward to spending Christmas at home, at least he hoped it to be so.  He and his partner Illya Kuryakin, newly partnered and still working out the finer points of that status, were both sidelined with injuries sustained in their last mission.

Biding their time at various projects related to ongoing missions, it occurred to Solo that Illya hadn’t mentioned having plans for Christmas.  He wondered if it was by choice or circumstance.

Maybe he’d ask.

Day 2

Illya Kuryakin had lived in some of the world’s most interesting cities.  Now he found himself in New York City; perhaps the most intriguing one with its abundance and outrageous displays of commercialism.  Store windows with elaborate stagings of a store bought Christmas left him longing for his childhood, for the stories told by his beloved babushka, of the child heralded by angelic hosts.  It was a story he remembered now without fear of reprisal, the images of such a scene woven into his memory of the woman who shared them with her grandson.

If only...

Day 3

In the haze of being in Medical until now, both Napoleon and Illya had managed to mend, at least physically.  The affair they survived was one of those with lasting memories, most of them in stark contrast to the current season of cheer and good will.

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