#sweden christmas

[vangoghcore]

by taigapic

[featherofmetis]

Tis the season where All is Bright

[coupleofdays]

The Gävle goat is getting a lot of attention around here, but I would like to make a case for a couple of other Swedish Christmas goats: The Kävlinge "Horny Goats".

It has been a Christmas tradition in the town of Kävlinge since 2015 to put up a pair of goats in a traffic circle. And for just as long, there has been a somewhat more inofficial tradition that someone will move those two goats into a mating position, giving them the nickname "kåtbockarna" (literally "the horny goats", a Swedish term similar to the English "horndog").

One year an unknown person even put up three smaller goats around the two large ones, to indicate that they've had children.

This year, however, the goats have been positioned in a somewhat less intimate position, simply kissing eachother:

Swedish television news did a short feature where they interviewed citizens of Kävlinge about this latest change, and most of them expressed disappointment, apparently preferring the "horny" version.

Considering that "bock" usually refers to males of the species, this means that Kävlinge has had a public display of gay sex each Christmas for several years, enthusiastically supported by its citizens. I think that's a Christmas tradition well worth celebrating.

[macirollfights]

Herb cookie encourage you to burn the gavle goat, You must burn the funny swedish straw goat.

I drew this sketch out of fun and its been in my head for a while. But there is this whole "tradition" in sweden where people burn a strawgoat that your not supposed to burn or else you'll get arrested for arson.

Its one of the reasons why I love december and christmas so much, its because of very dumb shit like this. But yeah uhhh merry early christmas for my swedish people out there.

Lets burn the gavleblocken with herb cookie! A sacrifice to the gods!

[allthingseurope]

Stockholm, Sweden (by Fredrik)

[tofreezetime]

happy holidays

[makenna-made-this]

Watching the Gavle Goat livestream together

"I hope it gets eaten by birds again"

[haveyouheardthisband]

[humanoidhistory]

Christmas in Gävleborg County, Sweden, undated.

[huariqueje]

Christmas lighting at the Mobilia business center, Malmö - Thomas Strömdahl , n/d.

Swedish , b. 1952 -

Oil on canvas , 46 x 55 cm.

[swedishlandscapes]

I love the stillness of Christmas morning.

[freeoftheground]

I am pleased to announce that the Gävle Goat of 2023 has been declared "destroyed by Jackdaws".

The goat's fate has largely been accepted by the people of Gävle, who were amused to see the birds eat the straw, even before they were finished setting it up. The general consensus amongst the town was to leave the goat alone and let nature take it's course.

So once again, tradition has been vindicated. May the Gävle Goat rest in peace, and may the odds of 2024 be ever in our favour.

[foreverinthepagesofhistoryy]

~ ❦ Queen Silvia of Sweden and her grandchildren help decorate Christmas trees given by the Forest University’s student union, December 16th 2024

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[warizoh]

[chuqingyuanzhikong]

Today is Christmas Eve，like this post The Nordic family will come to your house to give you Christmas present .It'true Really ,NowIce is is right next to me, . and I'm going to secretly pack Ice up in a burlap bag and take him away as my Christmas gift...Mr.Norway,what are you doing? Why are you looking at me like that? You, don't come over here,!!! I'm not afraid of you

Just a joking,emmm,Merry Christmas!

[tauremornalome]

aaaahhhh its less than a week untill the inauguration of this years gavle goat!