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idea, that it is related to 'wheel', in reference to the completing of a solar cycle at the winter solstice. In support of this, it has been noted that runic calendars often represent the Christmas celebration with a wheel. It has been noted, however, that this in Old English is hweol, and there is no clear reason to connect it to geol ('Yule'). A more plausible etymology is to link it to , the ancestor of . In the ancient period and Middle Ages, 'joke' referred to "entertainment" or "festivity".

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