karohemd: by LJ user gothindulgence (Duftkaese)
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I find it slightly bizarre the Swedes are surprised a 13m high straw effigy of a goat keeps getting burnt down...

Date: 24/12/09 09:33 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] oedipamaas49.livejournal.com
That's my new favourite christmas tradition, that is. Brilliant.

Date: 24/12/09 12:01 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] undyingking.livejournal.com
Putting it up, or burning it?

Date: 24/12/09 12:07 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] oedipamaas49.livejournal.com
The whole sisyphean combination. A ritual that's a little ridiculous in itself, made much more so by being doomed from the start. Plus you have to suspect that most of those involved in building the goat are secretly looking forward to it getting burned down.

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