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I am cheering with joy over these recent news from Norway!
A group of brave Christians (most likely international undercover Landover agents) could not stand the fact the Swiss has joined the War on Christmas by errecting an enormous Satanic pagan symbol, and the brave Christians responded by burning the heathen Yule Goat in a True Christian™ manner as a part of our War on Satanism!
A group of brave Christians (most likely international undercover Landover agents) could not stand the fact the Swiss has joined the War on Christmas by errecting an enormous Satanic pagan symbol, and the brave Christians responded by burning the heathen Yule Goat in a True Christian™ manner as a part of our War on Satanism!
Christmas goat torched again in twisted tradition
The goat burned.
Despite guards, despite cameras and despite new fire-retardant straw vandals have incinerated the Gavle goat for the twenty-seventh year running.
Standing over 13 metres tall and weighing more than 3.5 tonnes the Gavle ‘Yule’ goat is built each year in the small Swedish town to symbolise Christmas.
But on Saturday the Yule goat was again burned to the ground as a part of a prank which is carried out as a Christmas tradition, despite the goat now being protected by volunteer guards and built from stronger, more fire-resistant material.
The first goat was first erected in 1966, a project of two brothers in the town.
One brother was an advertising executive; the other was the head of the fire department.
Yet only a few minutes into 1967, the straw bovid structure was on fire, an act of arson that would be repeated more years than not.
And it’s not only fire which the goat fears – the ill-fated ruminant has been hit by cars, kicked to pieces, and even played host to a sexual tryst in 1968.
This year the town hoped their structure would continue standing for a lot longer.
"You never know, we've made it from material that's a little stronger this year, so it should be much harder to burn down," a spokesperson from the Gavle tourist office told the European news website The Local.
"But we're aware that the goat is only famous because it gets burned. It would be great if it didn't actually burn down this year, because that would be the most unexpected result."
The Christmas goat symbolises a centuries-old Scandinavian gift giver that predates the Santa Claus and in some years the arsonists were kind-hearted enough to wait until after Christmas before setting it on fire.
The goat burned.
Despite guards, despite cameras and despite new fire-retardant straw vandals have incinerated the Gavle goat for the twenty-seventh year running.
Standing over 13 metres tall and weighing more than 3.5 tonnes the Gavle ‘Yule’ goat is built each year in the small Swedish town to symbolise Christmas.
But on Saturday the Yule goat was again burned to the ground as a part of a prank which is carried out as a Christmas tradition, despite the goat now being protected by volunteer guards and built from stronger, more fire-resistant material.
The first goat was first erected in 1966, a project of two brothers in the town.
One brother was an advertising executive; the other was the head of the fire department.
Yet only a few minutes into 1967, the straw bovid structure was on fire, an act of arson that would be repeated more years than not.
And it’s not only fire which the goat fears – the ill-fated ruminant has been hit by cars, kicked to pieces, and even played host to a sexual tryst in 1968.
This year the town hoped their structure would continue standing for a lot longer.
"You never know, we've made it from material that's a little stronger this year, so it should be much harder to burn down," a spokesperson from the Gavle tourist office told the European news website The Local.
"But we're aware that the goat is only famous because it gets burned. It would be great if it didn't actually burn down this year, because that would be the most unexpected result."
The Christmas goat symbolises a centuries-old Scandinavian gift giver that predates the Santa Claus and in some years the arsonists were kind-hearted enough to wait until after Christmas before setting it on fire.