Killing Gävle: how a 12-metre goat became a battle for the spirit of Christmas - documentary
by Joe Fletcher, Charlie Phillips and Lindsay Poulton from World news | The Guardian on (#3ASJX)
Each year since 1966, businesses in the small city of Givle, northern Sweden, have paid for a huge straw effigy of a goat to be displayed in the city's central square from the first day of Advent. In 37 of those years, the goat has been burned down or damaged by shadowy outsiders, sometimes within a few hours of going up. In this film, residents from both sides of the goat conflict explain their motivations as Advent ticks down, and reveal an issue with roots in conflicting pagan and modern Christian traditions
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