#yulegoat

[nisseadventadventures]

Dag 23: Alla nissar är rädda för julbocken- utom en

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Day 23: All nissar fear the yulegoat- except one

Storyboard, animation, cleanup and colour by: ‪@queenoftheantz

Backgrounds by: Emei Burrel

SFX by: Lisa Devon

Music by: ‪Alessandro Giovanetto

[dear-crybunny]

made a gävlebocken sticker for the local christmas market. figured tumblr might want to see it

[thirtyknives]

Made a goat, burned a goat. A small child pushed it over first, making whooshing noises to mimic a high wind. Normally we leave it till nightfall to burn the goat, but there's a storm a rollin' in, full of righteous ire and cleansing rain. Fuck you, 2025. May you be carried away on the ashes of over ambitious sumer grass, cut short and exposed to the harsh light of day. May all kings fall under the weight of their sins, and may they burn under a grey and unforgiving sky.

[nymla]

🌿 Yule goat mask & costume auction ends on Monday! www.nymla.se 🌿

I like to pretend the b/w photo is from 1807 - just squint to ignore some modern details 😅 Some person is about to either go and cause mischief around the village - or to hand out the yule presents - or both?

(This is me - 160cm / 5’2″ - wearing the yule goat mask and my own clothes - not the costume clothes.)

[tigerbluethunder]

In christmas season lots of creatures come and visits the town nearby, people think they're in costume but they are indeed not lol

The Yulegoat and his Nisse companion is deep in conversation about all the wonderful events at the town

(And yes they are together, old love♡)

[wolfessjournal]

Before Santa Claus was imported to Sweden, the Yule Goat brought the gifts. A tradition first documented in 1807, but by then it was already a long-established tradition.

[sheliesshattered]

About a week ago I had an idea for a silly little idea for a holiday season craft project: a yule goat about the size of a small dog (~20"x20") to sit in our street-facing garden window, with the orange Halloween twinkle lights underneath to make him look like he's been set on fire. Because Yule!

I made a basic wire skeleton and covered it in layers and layers of raffia, slowly building out the head, torso, legs, tail, and horns. I gave him a little billy-goat beard made from wheat stalks, and wrapped red raffia ribbon around him to hold everything together. Originally I had his horns more tightly coiled, but from far away he looked like a weird elephant or even a pig, so I restyled them as the very last step. But the horns have a nice curve to them now, so even though I had to undo it, it worked out for the best.

At sunset tonight we set him up in the window that faces out onto the street, with the twinkle lights underneath and coiling up his legs. After going outside to take some pictures, both Jack and I decided that the candles on the top shelf of the window (one which came on with a timer, the others which didn't) were throwing off the balance, so we've taken them out now, leaving just the Yule goat with his lights, and the hanging lanterns on either side.

I'm quite certain that our neighbors will be confused about what the hell we've put in our window to light up every evening for the rest of the year, but eh, I love my ridiculous little goat. If all the crows (and ravens!) hanging about haven't clued in the neighbors that we're a devoutly pagan household, I'm not sure a flaming Yule goat will do much to move the needle, lol.

[ekjohnston]

Ikea leaning in for Tumblr Christmas.