It's nearly Christmas. Have any of you taken part in any deplorable acts of arson in the name of tradition lately? If you are in Sweden this time of year, that may just be a real possibility.

DETROW: What animal has thick fur, hoofed feet and a strong association with the Christmas season? CHANG: Oh, this is easy - reindeer. DETROW: Oh, you thought so, but it's not. It fits the bill. But ...

Yuletide arsonists have once again successfully set the Gävle goat ablaze. Police received a call around 3am on Wednesday that the Christmas goat in the eastern Swedish town was on fire. While last ...

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 ...

STOCKHOLM, Sweden – For 40 years it has been torched, vandalized, had its legs cut off and even been run over by a car. But officials in the Swedish city of Gavle are guaranteeing that this year's ...

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Gavlebocken, we hardly knew ye. Truly. Every year for Advent, the town of Gavle, Sweden, builds a giant Christmas goat out of straw. And every year, arsonists do their best to bring it down. This time ...

Despite vandals managing to get to some of its smaller cousins the traditional Gävle goat has managed to survive until Christmas. Since 1966 it has been a tradition in Gävle in eastern Sweden to build ...

It is a good year for the giant goat in snow-covered Gavle There is extra Christmas cheer in the Swedish town of Gavle this year because its annual giant straw goat has survived for more than three ...

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