Why are Yule Logs scary this year?
by Mary Beth Griggs from The Verge - All Posts on (#6756S)
A nice, peaceful fire. | Photo by Sebastian Gollnow / picture alliance via Getty Images People who make Yule Log videos - are you okay? I'm worried about you. The standard flame-filled videos of holiday cheer seem a lot darker lately, and while I would love to know why, I'm also just generally concerned for your mental well-being.
My first sign that something was wrong was The Witcher: Fireplace on Netflix, which technically came out last year but is understandably getting re-promoted now. It's got a nice-looking fire crackling away in the Great Hall at Kaer Morhen, but the lightly ominous music lurking in the background killed the perfect backdrop for a cozy vibe" that Netflix promised.
Then Yellowjackets got in the game on Wednesday with a Yule Log that kept the logs but seems to have missed the Yule. It's just two...