Swedes guard Christmas goat from vandals.
- Long story. You see, before there was Father Christmas, the Swedes used to get their X-mas presents from a goat. The Swedes commemorate this with an annual tradition in which they build a 43-foot-high straw goat in Stockholm. Of course, this is a target for vandals and pranksters, who have figured out a way to burn it 22 times in 40 years. This year, the crafty Swedish officials have built it from flame-retardant straw.
- I know it sounds like I'm kidding, but every word of that is true. If I had been kidding the public officials would have given up, and changed the tradition to build a giant marshmallow goat, for a tasty post-arson treat.
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