Girls of the family wake early and dress in white robes and lighted wreaths. In England, families sing merry songs, while the yule log is sought for and brought back from the woods on Christmas Eve. One belief is that if you sit on the yule log, you'll have good luck in the new year.
All family members take turns sitting on the logs.
After this, the log is placed in the fireplace, along with some of last year's yule log. When the log is lit, the celebration begins. In Scotland, a fire is kept buring in the fireplace all night to keep away the bad elves. If the fire goes out, so the folklore goes, bad elves would dance in the ashes. On Christmas Eve, no one goes to sleep before midnight.