Ah , the greaves woodwind instrument . The dancing flame . you could almost sense the warmth radiating from your screen . On Christmas Eve , here ’s a celebration of the yule log film , and a peek at how nine artists reinterpreted the holiday television tradition .
The original yule log video recording was filmed in 1966 by Fred M. Thrower , an enterprising chief operating officer at WPIX - TV , who wanted to drive home the festive feel of a virtual hearth to New Yorkers without fireplaces . The fireplace was shoot on 16 mm film at one of the metropolis ’s most esteemed address , no less : New York City ’s Grace Ethel Cecile Rosalie Allen Mansion . In addition to giving the endowment of flak to viewers , air the logarithm leave a way for television post to vacate for the night , allowing employees to spend time with their families .
In 1970 the program was re - memorialize on 35 millimetre ( at a California home , this clip ) and it ’s this motion picture — named The Yule Log — which will be broadcast on adozen stationsthis Christmas . ( Plenty other station have created their own take on the smoldering fireplace . )
But burning woodwind is so twentieth C , plus some of us need a flaming that ’s a bit more stylise for our homes . SoDaniel SavageandWondersaucecollaborated to build the next generation of yule log , recruit 12 of creative person , illustrators and vitalizer to contribute their takes toYule Log 2.0 .
There are so many good ones at the labor ’s site it was gruelling to blame just nine , sohead over there and poke around . If you dally them directly from the site you ’ll get the fireplace sound effects and the selection to loop the vitality infinitely , which will almost sure as shooting keep you ardent on a cold wintertime ’s night . [ Yule Log 2.0 ]
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