Families would bring the trunk of the Yule tree inside and piece ... and long-lasting performance from your wood-burning fireplace.

When you think of a yule log, you probably picture a roaring, wood-burning ... When families burned yule logs, they typically placed the wider end of a tree trunk in the fireplace.

This is a wood-veneer table with an oak base. The owner forgot to blow out a candle, and it burned through the veneered surface into the wood. This left a 30-centimeter-wide hole that's about 3 to ...