Brit Marney

Did The Gavle Goat Survive Christmas 2024. Despite the best efforts of local authorities, the town’s giant straw goat has been destroyed 35 times in 55 years, usually by arson. Sweden's yule goat, the gavle goat, has survived through christmas day without being burned down, a rare feat.

(andreas bardell/the associated press) it. A giant straw goat that has become an annual highlight in the swedish city of gavle has been burned by an arsonist.