Proper nounEdit Christmastide, the Christmas season, the Twelve Days of Christmas (between December 25th and January 5th). A pagan wintertime holiday celebrated by Germanic peoples, particularly the Scandinavian and Anglo-Saxon peoples, or a modern reconstruction of this holiday celebrated by neo-pagans.Click to see full answer. Also asked, is Yuletide capitalized?The Oxford English and Merriam-Webster dictionaries list it uncapitalized; the American Heritage and most others capitalize it. Since it is the name of a holiday, we think it should be capitalized. The period around Yule is Yuletide, paralleling Christmastide, using the original meaning of tide, “time”.Likewise, where does the term Yule come from? Yule comes from a name for a 12-day festival, celebrated by Germanic peoples, around the winter solstice in December and January. By the 900s (yes, that long ago), yule was already mapped on the Christian celebration of Christmas and its surrounding festivities. Beside this, is Yule allowed in Scrabble? Yes, yule is in the scrabble dictionary.What does Happy Yuletide mean?Christmastide, Quarter days, Wheel of the Year, Winter festivals, Christmas. Yule or Yuletide (“Yule time” or “Yule season”) is a festival historically observed by the Germanic peoples. Scholars have connected the original celebrations of Yule to the Wild Hunt, the god Odin, and the pagan Anglo-Saxon Mōdraniht.