- OPENING THOUGHTS OF GOATS AND ELVES... ...AND THE YULE CAT, TOO O! MISTLETOE! SO MANY YULE TRADITIONS Yule means feast . Or maybe wheel . However, Scandinavian visitors to Candlegrove tell me that the association of Yule with wheel (a fond belief you will find in many places) is a myth. The two words have about as much similarity in their language as in English. The debate points out how ...www.candlegrove.com/yule.html