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Old 12-25-2006, 03:32 PM
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Default Re: Santa - How did you find out?

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Originally Posted by Magnus A STAFF View Post
In sweden we have different traditions than in the Anglo-saxian or American countries. We do have a santa, but he is based on a heathen tradition of the christmas billy goat who come by on christmas eve and throw wooden logs through the door opening (or window if he had been hitting the christmas spirits too hard).

So, our santa comes in broad daylight the 24:th of december and hands out his presents straight to the kids and all the kids are scared to death.
The Swedish santa seem to have paralells with the psycho robo santa in Futurama

I worked things out for myself when I was about seven living in England when we moved to a council house with central heating. The whole santa chimeny deal didn't stick anymore.
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