LOL. I haven't seen a Yule Goat for a long time. And I
*live* in Sweden. The other reviewer is right. The goat is placed beside or
below the Christmas tree, together with the Christmas gifts. No idea why. Some
people place the goat close to their doorsteps. As guardians against invisible
pink unicorns? Apparently, before Santa Claus came to our distant shores, a man
dressed like the Yule Goat delivered the Christmas gifts on December 24! This
bizarre tradition disappeared at some point during the 19th century. I admit
that I prefer the jovial, bearded and fat elf to a horned monster coming down
my chimney (or whatever the preferred mode of entrance of the goat might have
been). But then, I would probably make a very bad Norse pagan anyway…
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