Swedish Goat? Burn, Baby Burn
Every year, in the Swedish town of Gavle, since 1966, they build a giant Christmas goat and take bets whether it gets light up like a well, giant, giant pile of twigs (which it is) …
If you bet December 11, you win!
45 years, 28 years burnt to a smoldering shell … IT BURNS!
“It all went damn quickly,” said eye-witness Felix Söderström to daily Aftonbladet,
You can read the story here (some links on page NSFW).
Possibly your wierdest post title yet Met! 🙂
EDIT: I misspelled wierd….
Wow! That was quick.
Maybe they should change the tradition up a little bit.
Leave the goat up, fire free, until Christmas. Then have open season after Christmas until it finally gets burned down.
That way folks can actually see the thing before it’s crispy.
Neat!