Editing Yule log (section)

=== France ===
The custom of burning a Yule log for one or more nights starting on Christmas Eve was also formerly widespread in France, where the usual term is ''bûche de noël''. This may derive from a custom requiring peasants to bring a log to their lord. In [[Burgundy]], gifts would be hidden under the log. Prayers were offered as the log was lighted in [[Brittany]] and in [[Provence]], where the custom is still widely observed and called ''cacho fio'' (blessing of the log): the log, or branch from a fruit-bearing tree, is first paraded three times around the house by the grandfather of the family, then blessed with wine; it is often lighted together with the saved ashes of the previous year's log.<ref>''Christmas in France'', Chicago: World Book, 1996, {{ISBN|9780716608769}}, [https://books.google.com/books?id=dOtMnH-xZVwC&dq=Cacho+fio+Yule+log&pg=PA55 p.&nbsp;55].</ref><ref>[[Arnold van Gennep]], ''Manuel de folklore français contemporain'' Part 1: ''Les cérémonies familiales à la tombe'' Volume 7 Part 1: ''Cycle des douze jours: tournées et chansons de quète – personnification du cycle, feux, bûchers et brandons mobiles, la bûche et le tison de Noël'', Paris: Picard, (1958) 1987, {{ISBN|9782708400740}}, [https://books.google.com/books?id=CGTsAAAAMAAJ&q=Cacho+fio+buche+de+noel pp.&nbsp;2118&ndash;60] {{in lang|fr}}</ref> Other regional names include ''cosse de Nau'' in [[Berry (province)|Berry]], ''mouchon de Nau'' in [[Angoumois]], ''chuquet'' in [[Normandy]], ''souche'' in the [[Île de France]], and ''tréfouiau'' in the [[Vendée]].<ref>Roger Dévigne, ''Le légendaire des provinces françaises à travers notre folklore'', Paris: Horizons de France, 1950, {{OCLC|4351361}}, repr. Pygmalion, 1978, [https://books.google.com/books?id=GyYKAQAAIAAJ&q=La+f%C3%AAte+familiale+de+la+b%C3%BBche+de+No%C3%ABl+a+%C3%A9t%C3%A9+de+toutes+nos+provinces%3B+la+%E2%82%AC+cosse+de+Nau+%C2%BB+du+Berry%2C+le+%C2%AB+chuquet+%C2%BB+de+Normandie%2C+...+de+Vend%C3%A9e%2C+le+%C2%AB+muurhon+de+Nau+%C2%BB+de+FAngoumois%2C+le+%C2%AB+cacho+fio+%C2%BB+de+Provence%2C+ou+b%C3%A9n%C3%A9diction+de+la+b%C3%BBche p.&nbsp;204], {{in lang|fr}}.</ref> The custom has now long been replaced by the eating of a log-shaped cake, also named ''[[Bûche de Noël]]''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://uk.france.fr/en/information/yule-log-history-and-traditions|title=Yule Log - History and Traditions|work=Official website for tourism in France|access-date=2017-12-08|language=en}}</ref>