Twelfth night

Today it was important to burn fires to drive the evil spirits, and evil in general away. Evil had built up ever since christmas and and there was a lot of it around on the twelfth night after christmas, Yule. Sweden has a long tradition of twelfth night celebrations where light conquers the evil spirits.
  
Some still like to celebrate pagan festivals and do so all over Europe. 

Personally I like to make a fire to drive cold away from my body and to create a bit of "coze" in the evening darkness. Light is approaching, minute by minute.