0 a cylinder-shaped chocolate cake, eaten at Christmas, that is decorated to look like a log (= a thick piece of wood from a tree) --
However, he made a pretty fair guess as to the whereabouts, and, rising softly, discharged such a blow downwards as would have split a yule log.
For twelve days the yule log had blazed on every hearth, and as soon as the last of its embers died out life must again take on its work-a-day aspect.
To dream of a yule log, foretells that your joyous anticipations will be realized by your attendance at great festivities.
Anyways, these weird animated riffs on the traditional yule log video are so much better.