Tom Waits — Christmas Card from a Hooker in Minneapolis (1979)
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EVERYONE HOLD ON TO YOUR FUCKING SOCKS
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2023 Gävle Goat!
Well it’s getting to that time of year again, and our watch of the Gävle Goat approaches.
Our thirteen-meter tall straw friend will be inaugurated on December 3rd, and will stand for the holiday season (or until it burns).
Watch the live stream of the goat here!
Looking forward to another burn watch this year!
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I feel like the Gävle goat being eaten by birds is its most suitable fate yet, because it brings back two old traditions.
One is the yule goat as a gift giver. This was common in the 19th century, but then Jultomten/Santa took over.
Here's a picture from Elsa Beskow's old picture book "Petter och Lottas jul", with a family being visited by two separate yule goats bearing gifts.
The other pertinent tradition is the raising of a "julkärve", Christmas sheaf, for the birds to eat. This is still done, but not at all to the extent that it was in the mid 20th century.
In Alf Prøysens picture book "Den vesle bygda som glømte at det var jul" (The village that forgot that it was Christmas), it is a sheaf that makes a little girl remember that it's Christmas, and she then raises the sheaf in the flagpole to remind the rest of the village.
Hence, it is as though the Gävle goat has resumed its old position as gift giver, and has turned itself into a gift of a Christmas sheaf for the birds.
...Which also sounds uncomfortable like High Mass, when I think of it...
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‘The dogs seem to like you,’ he said.
‘I get on well with animals, sir.’
Teatime’s face was young and open and friendly. Or, at least, it smiled all the time. But the effect was spoiled for most people by the fact that it had only one eye. Some unexplained accident had taken the other one, and the missing orb had been replaced by a ball of glass. The result was disconcerting. But what bothered Lord Downey far more was the man’s other eye, the one that might loosely be called normal. He’d never seen such a small and sharp pupil. Teatime looked at the world through a pinhole.
He found he’d retreated behind his desk again. There was that about
Teatime. You always felt happier if you had something between you and him.
‘You like animals, do you?’ he said. ‘I have a report here that says you
nailed Sir George’s dog to the ceiling.’
-Hogfather (Terry Pratchett)
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Happy Holidays!
From today until the 29th of December you can get 20% off using the code VW40EXVC in my print shop! These and many more cozy folks are available there as prints, link is in my pinned, shares appreciated! :)
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Merry Christmastide everyone 🎄
with @chechula
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