The winds are hard enough that Gävlebocken fell.

Didn’t get burned, succumbed to the wind! @gavlebocken.bsky.social youtu.be/53dBWu9sqvY?...

"Unfortunately, I have fallen and met my fate - I’m sorry about my abrupt Christmas closure..." See more below

Looks like the goat got windsheared!

Merry Christmas from Axmarby, Sweden! 🎅🎄🎉🇸🇪 Wishing you a wonderful Christmas and a successful New Year — from Sweden to all of you. ❤️ #MerryChristmas #Christmas #NordicChristmas #HappyHolidays #SeasonGreetings #ChristmasSpirit #GreetingsFromSweden #Sweden

Back in my hometown visiting the legendary Gävle Christmas Goat — nothing says home sweet home like this iconic holiday tradition. ❤️🎅🎄🐐✨ #Gävlebocken @gavlebocken.bsky.social #YuleGoat #HomeSweetHome #HomeTown #Gävle #Sweden #Christmas #ChristmasSpirit #NordicChristmas #WinterMagic

🌲🧚‍♂️The Year Walk ('årsgång') was a Swedish ritual, usually practiced on New Year's Eve. The practitioners would venture into a dark forest all alone at night, and face challenges like encounters with supernatural beings. Those who persevered, would see the future. Art by Jana Heiersdorf.🌲🧚‍♂️

Royal Court [of Sweden]: “In this year’s Christmas Speech, The King urged Swedish people to hold on to hope for the future. The King also highlighted humanity as driving force throughout the country. And that the message of Christmas hope and reconciliation – that darkness never has the last word.”

Merry Christmas from the Mashu, who have been having all sorts of festive fun.

Security at the fence

Merry Christmas and I hope Jólaköttur the Yule cat didn’t visit last night 😆🎄🐈‍⬛ (The Yule cat of Icelandic folklore is supposed to eat people who do not receive new clothing before Christmas Eve)

"God jul vänner, tacksam för er alla ✨ Merry Christmas my friends ✨"

Happy holidays everyone Winter sprite and Yule goat, gouache on paper

The Yule Goat Born of Thor’s thunderous beasts, he massive & wanders village to village, testing the cheer of the season. Sometimes he brings gifts, sometimes he demands them. To honor him is to welcome Yule. He is Capricorn the God of Saturn 🪐 the Star ⭐️ a top the Yule Tree. God Jul to him.

"Dan före dopparedan och ett tunt snötäcke har kommit! ✨❄️ One day until Christmas Eve, and the snow is here! ✨❄️"

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she’s still standing

Also met the Jólakötturinn in Reykjavík earlier this month 🙂

The Yule goat rests his gams with a little cider break ❤️🎄 -Thisvis still one of my favorites from my Yule collection 😊 #yule #folklore #yulegoat #illustration

"Jag hoppas på lite snö innan jul! 🌨️ Har snön hittat till er än? ❄️ I’m hoping for some before Christmas! 🌨️ Has the snow made it’s way to you yet? ❄️"

I took this photo in central Uppsala (Sweden). #city #cityscape #night #nightscape #sverige #town #townscape #fineartphotography #samsung #landscapephotography

Goat! Also got interrail days left so I randomly got onto a train to Falun. I have no idea what's in Falun but let's find out in an hour

I got myself a julbock, and it has finally arrived here from Sweden! Look at this stunner! And yes, this is vintage and handmade.

🎄ขอเปิดตัวภูตผีแห่งฤดูหนาว🎄 Krampus🐐 : ปกติเป็นอ้วนใจดี แต่หากใครเป็นเด็กซนจะเอาไปเป็นต้มยำ Mari Lywd🐎 : ใจดี ชอบกิน ชอบเที่ยว แต่คนส่วนใหญ่กลัวซะงั้น Yule Cat🐈‍⬛: ชอบแทะเสื้อผ้าโดยเฉพาะผ้าใหม่ๆ แต่ชอบกินเนื้อคนใส่เสื้อผ้าเก่าๆ มากกว่า #CreepyCat #IFEXPOWINTER25 #IFEXPOWINTER2025

Right! I promised you more Scandi-Christmas-traditions, so no more lollygagging! 😅🥰 A big Dec-thing in the Nordics is that we make a lot of stuff by hand. Whether it’s nature deco (e.g. countdown candle), folding paper deco, baking cookies, etc. Like these! #OFMDadventCalendar #OurFlagMeansDeath

"Tänk att just jag får dela julmagin tillsammans med er! Det finns inget bättre än det ❤️ There’s nothing better than sharing the Christmas magic with you ❤️"

Now is the time of Yule and Monsters

The Jólakötturinn, or the Yule Cat is a monstrously large creature from Icelandic folklore that is said to roam the snowy countryside during Christmas, with a particular appetite for anyone who has not received new clothes before Christmas Eve or who did not wear them.

Tonight Pottaskefill (Pot Licker), the 5th of Icelands 13 Yule Lads, will come down from the mountains. He likes to sneak into houses and lick the used pots clean. Children leave their shoes out in the window, he gives the good ones a small gift, the bad ones get a potato.

💖 yule cat #yule #art

Jólakötturinn, the Yule Cat is coming 🐱

"Ta en goatie (eller selfie som ni kallar det), säg hej eller bara stanna upp en stund! 📸 Jag levererar ståtlighet oavsett 🐐🌟 Take a goatie (or selfie as you humans call it), say hello or just pause for a moment! 📸 I deliver the stateliness no matter what 🐐🌟"

My Tennobaum Card for the Warframe Holiday Card Contest aka based on the Yule Goat 🐐💕 #Warframe

From the Larchives.

Lucia 2025 - From Visby Sweden youtu.be/QVc5rAzMQCs?...

Advent day 13. The Feast of St. Lucy - hello fellow Lucies/ Lucias/ Lucindas - time to wear a crown of candles & munch saffron buns.

Today's the feast of St Lucy, 'the year's midnight' according to John Donne's 'A Nocturnal Upon St Lucy's Day', which was written before the Gregorian Calendar moved the feast away from the Winter Solstice. it begins:

"Glad Lucia! ✨ Ljuskrona är inget för en getabock som jag. Men med elektriska ljus känner jag mig bocktastisk 💡🐐 Happy Saint Lucy’s Day! ✨ A crown of candles isn’t really my style. Electric lights, on the order hand, make me feel goatastic 💡🐐"

🎵santa lucia, santa lucia🎵

Reindeer in Sweden - Kevin Rushby, The Guardian. #winter #Sweden

"En bock som jag bor förstås i Gävle! 🐐✨ Men ni då vänner, var i världen håller ni hus? 🌍 A goat like me lives in Gävle, of course! 🐐✨ What about you friends, where in the world do you live? 🌍"

'Julbocken' (Yule Goat), 1917

"Solen sa hej idag och jag svarade med att inta min bästa bockpose - ståtligt va? 🐐🌞 The sun said hello today, and I responded by striking my best goat pose - quite majestic, right? 🐐🌞"

The security at Gävlebocken this year is crazy. They got fucking Spiderman out there, man...

Oh, and for #ArtAdventCalendar, let's see... 🔥🐐🔥 #Art

My desk’s now looking festive

My lovely bock why are you unlit are you alright 🥺 are you ok...