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Article: 'YULE LOG' IS LOW-KEY TV WATCHING.(Living)
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- The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH)
- Article date:
- December 19, 2006
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Byline: David Bauder Associated Press
NEW YORK -- There's a Yule duel brewing this Christmas day. Not one, but two separate versions of "The Yule Log," one of television's oddest yet most heartwarming holiday habits, will beckon families as they open their gifts.
There's the traditional log, burning brightly since filmed by New York's WPIX-TV in 1970, and another that will air uninterrupted for 24 hours on INHD, with a high-definition picture so crisp you'll be tempted to reach for a poker.
For many years a peculiarly New York tradition, both Yule logs will now glow in most of the country. Why would anyone want to fill their television screen ...