{"title":"Viking Yule Gifts","description":"\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003ePopular Viking Yule Gifts \/ Christmas Gifts\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eIn Scandinavia they don't call it Christmas, instead they still retain the old pagan name for the Yuletide celebrations which they call Jul (pronounced Yule) and Viking Yule gifts were given at this time of the year.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eYule was a pagan festival that followed the midwinter solstice (usually around 21st December) and celebrated the return of the sun as the days slowly started to get longer again. The festivities, which involved lots of drinking and consuming of slaughtered animals, lasted up to 12 days, hence the 12 days of Christmas.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eTake a look at our collection of top selling Viking Christmas gifts we have on offer for this Yule!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/thevikingdragon.com\/cdn\/shop\/articles\/A_table_laid_with_modern_offerings_for_Sigrblot-339322-7466491_f6743ae3-20c5-40d4-a4c7-919cdd3420a2.jpg?v=1771930366\u0026amp;width=1300\" alt=\"Viking Yule Gifts from The Viking Dragon\" width=\"450\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"polished-amber-chip-necklace","title":"Replica Viking Necklace with Polished Amber Chips","description":"\u003ch2\u003eReplica Viking Necklace with Polished Amber Chips, Made From Cut \u0026amp; Polished Amber Chips.\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAll of our amber jewellery is handmade from solid pieces of genuine Baltic amber from Northern Europe, including this replica Viking necklace with polished amber chips.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBaltic amber is made from 44 million year old fossilised tree resin that is found on the Baltic sea coast. 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It starts with the chronology and scope of the sources and the history behind the techniques of how such fabrics and clothing were constructed and then goes on to chapters on each Scandinavian country and the typical costume associated with them. Lots of photographs of actual finds and sketches of how such finds would be constructed into an actual outfit, focusing on men and women from each region. It also covers how the fabrics were dyed and what tools were used in the process. 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Translating those usually heavily stylized images on information about specific types of clothing requires a lot of imagination and knowledge, backed by historical, archaeological and ethnographic well-roundedness. The author of this book has such knowledge, which resulted in an unexpected wealth of implications.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKamil Rabiega is right, writing in the preface that his book is a 'handbook of knowledge on Viking clothing'.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eProf. Przemyslaw Urba6czyk\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe author has done a good job getting acquainted with most of the literature, which is evident in his understanding of the details regarding the quite complicated subject matter and in the way he presents the archaeological sources and iconography. 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