While the long night of Yule Festival cued the beginning of longer days, it also meant time with family on Viking farmsteads.
“The core of that farmstead would be your immediate family,” Sherman said. “Most of the time they’re probably very busy working, and yuletide would have been a celebration of the time away from that work — and I think that’s how we also look forward to Christmas, as well.”Most people in Scandinavia at the time were illiterate, so storytelling was a crucial way to pass along family traditions and tales.
“It’s something to really look forward to and relax and enjoy the deep of winter in the company of people you love,” Sherman added. According to Sherman, the Vikings began converting from their traditional pagan belief system in the Norse gods to Christianity after it arrived in Scandinavia in the 11th century.
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