Weird ritual of the burning goat (Christmas goat)

BBCnews ^ | 12/4/05 | bbc

[Surtur]

Are you saying the local LEOs "put the hammer down" on Thor?

[NC28203]

Being of Swedish descent, I actually have a small goat (julbock) that I put out each Christmas. Before Santa came to Sweden, a goat played the main role in Christmas celebrations. In the 18th century a grown-up, wearing a goat mask, handed out the presents on Christmas Eve.

[fdsa2]

Interesting fact:

The only person caught for burning the Straw Goat is from Cleveland, Ohio and spent 18 days in Jail.

[tangerine]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zozobra

http://www.americaslibrary.gov/es/nm/es_nm_zozo_1_e.html

Santa Fe burns "Zozobra" every year over Labor Day. It's great fun.

[beaver fever]

Mmmmmmmm..... Yellow snow. The other snow cone.

[Siouxz]

Nah! The Easter Bunny, and in fact all bunnies, do not lay eggs, they lay smart pills that you feed to your younger siblings.

LOL!! Great one. My younger sister is 40 now, so I don't think she'd fall for it, but I did get her to eat some dried red pepper once (told her it was candy)....