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War on Christmas! Arsonists burn down Christmas tradition

November 28, 2016 By: Stephen Dietrich

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Sweden’s Christmas Goat — a giant decorative goat made of straw and wood — didn’t last long on its 50th anniversary.

The straw goat, an annual Yuletide tradition in the city of Gavle since 1966, went up in flames just hours after it was inaugurated on Sunday.

Arsonists just cannot stay away from the giant decoration, which seldom survives the season without someone trying to burn it down.

The local newspaper Gefle Dagblad said it was set on fire late Sunday.

A webcam run by the local tourist office showed the frame of the goat was still standing but all the straw was gone.

There was no immediate word on possible suspects.

The Associated Press contributed to this article. 

About the Author

Stephen Dietrich

Stephen is a U.S. Army veteran with over a decade of combined experience in political commentary, economics, and news.

Comments

  1. Joy Smart says

    November 28, 2016 at 11:01 am

    Try moslims! They hate the idea of Christmas!

    • John Reed says

      November 28, 2016 at 11:29 pm

      So did the Puritans. They outlawed it when they were in power.

      • albert says

        November 29, 2016 at 5:19 pm

        Yeah must have been Puritans, you a Hillary voter ?

  2. Rob says

    November 28, 2016 at 11:45 am

    Probably, they already said they were going to.

  3. Mark Timblin says

    November 28, 2016 at 2:30 pm

    Bunch of EFFING lowlife’s. They need an attitude adjustment, they probably are Muslim it wouldn’t surprise me one damn bit. Piece of low life scum, lower than whale shit.

  4. Jennifer Morrison says

    November 28, 2016 at 5:56 pm

    When I see such tragedy–I confess that I am ashamed to belong to the human race-with so many wierdos out there !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  5. RJintheUSA says

    November 28, 2016 at 7:09 pm

    Christians in the world need to wake up, especially in America. In America we have taken far too much for granted and have not suffered anywhere near to the degree our brothers and sisters around the globe have. I don’t think Christians in this nation will wake up, not until we start to suffer the things our brethren around the world are suffering now. The Cross’s being torn down, people being imprisoned and killed for holding to their faith, and now we have the liberal left pushing against Christians as a hate religion.

  6. Elisabeth says

    November 28, 2016 at 8:58 pm

    We all need to pray all Christian for a world with god o dear lord give us the strength god bless us

  7. David Patrick Murphy says

    November 28, 2016 at 9:33 pm

    Burn those who perpetrated the crime.

  8. James says

    November 29, 2016 at 11:30 am

    All religions and nationalities should be banned.

    • Karen says

      November 30, 2016 at 4:58 pm

      One World Government advocate are you? When the banking elte rule under One World Government, you’ll just be one of the “useful idiots”, the peasants serving the masters.

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