The Gävle Goat is best known for burning down. A few years ago, it was eaten by birds. But now it has met a new fate. In the ...

Every winter, people around the world turn their eyes to Gävle's Christmas goat, eagerly waiting to see if it survives the Christmas season. Here's a look at some of the most outrageous attempts to ...

In many Scandinavian countries, one of the traditional symbols of the Christmas season is the Yule Goat. Over the centuries, the Yule Goat has taken on all sorts of roles as a Krampus-like trickster ...

Every Christmas since 1966, a straw goat with arcing horns and red trim has stood proudly in the central square of a small Swedish town called Gävle. And for 24 of those years, the poor goat has been ...

Sad word from Sweden today — early this morning, the Gävle Goat went up in flames for the 27th time. If you haven't been keeping track, the Gävle Goat (or Gävlebocken) is a 13-metre tall hay structure ...

The aftermath of the attack on Gävle's Christmas baby goat. Photo: Gävlebocken/Twitter The prospects of Sweden's iconic straw goat surviving Christmas have taken a knock after its infant brother was ...

The traditional Christmas straw goat also known as Gävlebocken has now been erected in Gävle in central Sweden. The inauguration, which included music, fireworks and a race, started at 3 pm on Sunday.

In the Swedish town of Gävle, there is a large goat made of straw. For nearly 50 years, the people of Gävle have erected the 13-metre goat in the town's main square. It's become a Christmas tradition ...

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A straw goat bigger than a bull moose stands in John Oman’s backyard, decorated in lights and red ribbons. It may seem a bit ostentatious for Christmas trimmings, but Oman thinks it’s better than one ...