Yule Goat facts
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An American tourist believed that he was taking part in a completely legal goat-burning tradition when he burned down a giant version of a traditional Swedish Yule Goat figure made of straw. He spent 18 days in jail and was fined 100,000 SEK (11, 785 USD)
A popular Christmas decoration in the Nordics, the Yule Goat, is a tradition going back to pre-Christian days. A popular prank was to place a goat made of straw in your neighbour's house without them noticing, and the victim would then repeat the act
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In Gavle, Sweden each year they build a yule goat for the holidays; and almost every year vandals burn it down.
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Santa Claus (known in Finland as Joulupukki or "Yule Goat") officially resides in a house built right on top of the Arctic circle in the northern province of Lappland. The Santa Claus Post Office receives some 700,000 letters every year from children from 198 countries.
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Every year a town in Sweden builds a large "Yule Goat" made of straw and that for most of this goat's history it has been destroyed by vandals
