Undead creatures called draugr wandered the Earth, magic was more potent, and Odin himself led ... gradually evolved into the “Yule log,” a specially selected tree that was burned to ensure ...

The homeowners who hired him, Chrissy Allison and her husband, Brett Allison, asked him to carve Odin the God of War. “It’s a Viking thing,” she said. They had to remove their ash tree ...

It seems Christmas trees may have begun with the medieval Christian ... or "Father Christmas" was influenced by the Norse god Odin. Odin was the head of the Norse pantheon and the god of death ...