Reading up on the history of Christmas, related lore, and traditions around the world has been an interest of mine this year. A good collection of worldwide traditions would be The Christmas Atlas: The Merriest, Tastiest, Quirkiest, Holiday Traditions from Around the World by Alex Palmer. The descriptions of each tradition are unfortunately brief, but it makes up for it in volume. And that’s where I first read about the poop log and am now just convinced that everyone wants to take the pagan Yule log as their own somehow.
