Oh Come, All Ye Faithful! The 49th Annual Boar's Head and Yule Festival will take place Monday, December 29 and Tuesday, December 30 at Plymouth Church, with services at 5:30 pm and 8:00 pm each day.

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Interested in tickets? Become a Festival Patron, and with your donation you will receive 6 tickets. How do I become a Patron, you ask? Call our Boar's Head Ticket Hotline at 260-423-9424 ext. 325.

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The Boar's Head Ticket Box Office, located at Plymouth Church (501 W Berry St., Fort Wayne, IN 46802), will be open from 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm on Thursday, December 11.

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Are you interested in being involved with the cast, crew or choir? Please contact Kara Jaurigue at kkjaurigue@gmail.com. We are always looking for people to add to the Boar's Head family.  

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Oh Come, All Ye Faithful, we look forward to seeing you in December! 

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"What is the Boar's Head & Yule Log Festival?"

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The Boar's Head is perhaps the oldest festival celebrated during the Christmas season.  No one knows who first planned the Boar's Head procession, but it is a matter of record that it was a part of the Christmas celebration at Queen's College, Oxford, shortly after the founding of the university in 1340. 

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Rooted deep in pagan times when the boar was the first dish served at a Roman feast, the colorful ceremony of the Boar's Head became part of the Christmas celebration in great manor houses of the Middle Ages. In Norman England, the boar was a ferocious beast and sovereign of the forest, a danger and menace to all, and therefore the symbol of evil. The presentation of the boar's head at Christmastime, signified the triumph of the Christ Child over sin.  The fresh yule log, lit by last year's ember has, from the earliest times, marked the rekindling of love as the old year passes and the new one is born.

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The Festival is an enormous undertaking, requiring work year round.  The days leading up to the services are a beloved part of Christmas for many in our Plymouth Church family, and has become a tradition for all of those involved.  We invite you to join us as we celebrate the holiday season, by sharing with you, the 49th annual Boar's Head and Yule Log Festival.  Merry Christmas, happy holidays and we hope to see you there!