The Yule Log

"The Yule Log" by Jules Simon unfolds as a vivid memoir of Christmas Eve in the small Breton village of Saint-Jean-Brévelay in 1822. An elderly narrator revisits the rituals of his childhood — the blessing of the great log, the luminous midnight Mass lit by a thousand tapers, and the generous hospitality of his saintly mother. But the warmth is complicated when Marion, a young seamstress, slips weeping into the ceremony, and the narrator's mother must choose between community condemnation and quiet, determined compassion.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/ririro-com-short-stories--6577582/support.