Tag: gävle

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  #71 Mexican Night of the Radishes

  Shaena from Canada returns! We discuss goat betting, the meaning of 4H and shine a spotlight on Högbo.

• November 16, 2018Uncategorized

  Goat on Fire and weird pizza toppings

  My latest podcast episode about living in Sweden is up – A discussion of weddings in Sweden, strange toppings on Swedish pizza and why setting a 43-foot tall straw goat […]

• December 16, 2016Uncategorized

  Christmas goat

  Christmas goat A straw Christmas goat guards the presents under the tree. The tradition is very old and is thought to date back to Viking times during the harvest when […]

• December 22, 2013Uncategorized

  Follow up…. The Goat has left the building

  The goat burned Friday night.  My favourite part of this story: “”I have a hard time believing that it may have started because of natural causes.” http://www.thelocal.se/20131221/swedens-christmas-goat-torched-yet-again

• December 16, 2013Uncategorized

  The Christmas goat of Gävle

  Every year, the Swedish town of Gävle builds a giant straw goat during December to celebrate Christmas (yes, they use goats here to celebrate Christmas.) This started in 1967 and […]