Great topic, Healix - thanks!
This is gonna seem odd, but go with me, ok? My favorite thing about most holidays is
BACON!

For almost any holiday, I'm "required" to bring my deviled eggs - which are a bit spicier than most recipes (chipotle mustard being a key ingredient), but I always top my deviled eggs with crumbled bacon. The heck with paprika - let's get BACON in there!!
Secondly, we spend Yule with friends who have a "wake up the sun" ritual every Solstice (we live in the cold north of Illinois - they live in the even colder south of Wisconsin which is north of us) after which we make breakfast and exchange gifts and play games. Almost everyone brings a pound of bacon to cook up in that breakfast time...the house smells wonderful! It's a good time of friends, fun and bacon - how can you go wrong??