{"id":3235,"date":"2025-12-23T14:40:53","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T14:40:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blindskeleton.one\/?p=3235"},"modified":"2025-12-23T14:40:53","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T14:40:53","slug":"yule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blindskeleton.one\/?p=3235","title":{"rendered":"Yule"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<iframe src=https:\/\/player.hubhopper.com\/WyJodHRwczovL2ZlZWRzLmh1YmhvcHBlci5jb20vZGU0ZmNlNGU3MWY3YzUwNDFjNWMzMGU5YzQxYzE0ZGUucnNzIix0cnVlLGZhbHNlLGZhbHNlLG51bGwsIiM0RjQ2RTUiLCJkZWZhdWx0IiwiZGVmYXVsdCIsMzI5NjU2NzNd?format=2&#038;lastUpdated=1766458253 style=\"width:100%;\" className=\"w-100 border-0 mt-3\" height=\"578px\" allow=\"clipboard-read; clipboard-write\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p>This week, Yulia and Boneapart wax nostalgic about Yule and share three tangentally related songs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Songs<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Dancing in the Dark (not Springsteen)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Winter Song<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Whispering Hope<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Lyrics<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Winter Song<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Ho, a song by the fire!<br>With a chum by your side;<br>Ho, a song by the fire!<br>With a heart open wide!<br>Ho, a song by the fire!<br>With a heart open wide!<br>For the wolf-wind is wailing at the doorways,<br>And the snow drifts deep along the road,<br>And the ice-gnomes are marching from their Norways,<br>And the white cold walks abroad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Refrain:<\/strong><br>But here by the fire we defy frost and storm.<br>Ha, ha! we are warm,<br>And have our hearts&#8217; desire.<br>For here were good fellows,<br>And the beachwood and the bellows,<br>And the song on the lip<br>In the pledge of fellowship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pile the logs on the fire!<br>With a chum by your side;<br>Pile the logs on the fire!<br>With a heart open wide!<br>Pile the logs on the fire!<br>With a heart open wide!<br>For the fire-goblins flicker on the ceiling,<br>And the frost-witch glitters on the glass,<br>And the spark-wraiths are springing, spurting reeling,<br>And the sleigh bells jingle as they pass.\u00a0<strong>(Refrain)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Oh, a god is the fire!<br>With a chum by your side;<br>Oh, a god is the fire!<br>With a heart open wide!<br>Oh, a god is the fire!<br>With a heart open wide!<br>For the room has a spirit in the embers,<br>&#8216;Tis a god, and our fathers knew his name,<br>And they worship&#8217;d him in long forgot Decembers,<br>And their hearts leap&#8217;d high with the flame.\u00a0<strong>(Refrain)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Whispering Hope<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Soft as the voice of an angel,<br>Breathing a lesson unheard,<br>Hope with a gentle persuasion,<br>Whispers her comforting word.<br>Wait till the darkness is over,<br>Wait till the tempest is done,<br>Hope for the sunshine tomorrow,<br>After the shower is gone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chorus:<br>Whispering Hope<br>O how welcome thy voice,<br>Making my heart in its sorrow rejoice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If in the dusk of the twilight,<br>Dim be the region afar,<br>Will not the deepening darkness<br>Brighten the glimmering star?<br>Then when the night is upon us,<br>Why should the heart sink away?<br>When the dark midnight is over,<br>Watch for the breaking of day. [Chorus]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hope as an anchor so steadfast,<br>Rends the dark veil for the soul,<br>Whither the Master has entered,<br>Robbing the grave of its goal.<br>Come then, O come, glad fruition,<br>Come to my sad weary heart,<br>Come, O Thou blest hope of glory,<br>Never, O never depart. [Chorus]<br>O blessed Hope!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week, Yulia and Boneapart wax nostalgic about Yule and share three tangentally related songs. 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