Using the magical Google Correlate, one can glimpse what different countries search for during the yuletide season and thus extrapolate the festive feelings around the world.The system analyses billions of anonymous search queries going back to 2004 to identify what terms are most frequent, analysed by time and place (eg, country or American states).
Scrooge, despite his fabulous wealth and good health (Yuletide hallucinations aside), is miserable.
Wrapping up that neat hard square of paper and placing it under the tree is the yuletide equivalent of taking a friend by the elbow and saying, "You must read this!"Every year, more than 100,000 books are published in Britain and another 100,000 in America.
His moment of yuletide glory came in December 1961, when his mournful but compelling "Please Come Home for Christmas" established itself as a perennial Christmas favourite.
Tuesday, 7.30pm Nine Lessons and Carols for Godless People Nothing says yuletide like a heady dose of humanism.
Meanwhile, about 100 people defied safety warnings to take part in a yuletide tradition by plunging into the sea.
Kate Winslet threatens Fathers4Justice with legal action The actress instructed her solicitors Schillings to issue the parents' rights activists with a legal letter in response to her inclusion in their yuletide advertisements, which sees her image appear alongside the caption: "Kate, every child deserves a father this Christmas".
Buy Now {6} Holly Lane Marzipan Stollen: £1.99, aldi.co.uk This is a very tasty version of the classic yuletide sweet fruit bread – bready and moist, but not heavy, with a gentle hint of spice.
All your Esio Trots, your Mapp and Lucias, your British Bake-Off Masterclasses and so on are biding their time for the big yuletide fortnight.
Even though it's 6ft, it's tall and thin, meaning that it fits into the smallest of rooms, instantly giving it a yuletide lift.
Limited Edition Christmas Candle: £18, Voya This candle, which is made with soy wax and organic essential oils, combines orange, cinnamon and clove for that classic yuletide smell.
