The 13 December is Lucia day in Sweden (http://www.serve.com/shea/germusa/lucia.htm), of tradition a very dangerous night for Gavlebocken, the Christmasgoat. The ...

Gavlebocken, we hardly knew ye. Truly. Every year for Advent, the town of Gavle, Sweden, builds a giant Christmas goat out of straw. And every year, arsonists do their best to bring it down. This time ...

This is your annual yule log turned up to 11. Every year, the town of Gavle, Sweden, builds a 43-foot-tall straw goat as part of their annual Christmas tradition. But the giant goat, sadly, doesn’t ...

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