The Lighting of the Yule Goat Gladewater, Texas Winter Solstice Yule Viking Festival As the longest night settles in, the Yule Goat is lit not in destruction, but in remembrance. The goat is one of the oldest symbols of Yule, tied to harvest, endurance, and the returning sun. Its fire marks the turning of the year. the letting go of what has hardened, and the quiet promise that light will return. This is the heart of the solstice. Not spectacle. Not fear. But renewal. May what no longer serves y