Winter In the Shire: "Yule" Love It!

[Inziladun]

Originally Posted by Rumil

Generally I guess Yule is the old winter solstice celebration.

ie, winter's been tough, and we're only half way through, but the sun is coming back - party time!

If it had something to do with the Sun though, you'd think the Elves (and Númenóreans) would have been observing some High Day then, too, but I don't recall anything which suggests that.