Yule is an ancient winter solstice festival rooted in pre-Christian Germanic and Norse traditions, observed around the longest night of the year, near December 21 in the Northern Hemisphere. Astronomically, it marks the Winter Solstice, the moment when the sun reaches its lowest point in the sky, and daylight begins its gradual return. Symbolically, Yule represents rebirth, renewal, and the quiet triumph of light over darkness, a theme that has resonated across human cultures for thousands of years.