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Dec 23 2009

Swedish Christmas straw goat burns again – Post-Star

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A giant straw goat was burned down yet again early Wednesday in a Swedish city where torching it has become a Christmas tradition, to the dismay of local leaders.

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Dec 23 2009

Not Again! Giant Swedish Christmas Goat Statue Gets Torched – Post Chronicle

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Arsonists set fire early on Wednesday to a giant straw statue of the Swedish Yule goat, a forerunner to Santa Claus in Sweden, defying security measures for a third year in a row. Police in Gavle, north of Stockholm, said an unknown number of …

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Dec 23 2009

Not again! Giant Swedish Christmas goat statue gets torched – Reuters

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STOCKHOLM (Reuters Life!) – Arsonists set fire early on Wednesday to a giant straw statue of the Swedish Yule goat, a forerunner to Santa Claus in Sweden, defying security measures for a third year in a row.

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Dec 23 2009

Swedish Christmas Goat Burns Again – CBS News

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(AP) A straw goat was burned down yet again early Wednesday in a Swedish city where torching it has become a Christmas tradition. Gavle city spokeswoman Anna Ostman said someone set fire to the 43-foot-high creature around 3 a.m. local time.

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Dec 23 2009

Your Questions Answered – Associated Press

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STOCKHOLM (AP) — A straw goat was burned down yet again early Wednesday in a Swedish city where torching it has become a Christmas tradition. Gavle city spokeswoman Anna Ostman said someone set fire to the 43-foot-high (13-meter-high) creature …

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Dec 23 2009

Swedish Christmas straw goat burns again – YAHOO!

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STOCKHOLM – A straw goat was burned down yet again early Wednesday in a Swedish city where torching it has become a Christmas tradition. Gavle city spokeswoman Anna Ostman said someone set fire to the 43-foot-high (13-meter-high) creature around 3 …

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Nov 29 2009

Koenigsegg and Saab – what went wrong? – Sveriges Radio

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If you still haven’t baked your gingerbread house and you need inspiration, then the architecture museum in Stockholm and its exhibition of gingerbread houses is the place to go. All that jazz! Meet two new Swedish jazz musicians who produced their …

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Nov 24 2009

Special events to ring in holidays – Batavia Sun

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At 6 p.m.

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Nov 12 2009

Tallest Man Meets Largest Gingerbread Man – CBS News

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(AP) The world’s tallest man has unveiled what’s touted as the world’s largest gingerbread man at an Ikea store in the Norwegian capital. The Swedish furniture chain’s Oslo outlet says 8-foot-1-inch tall Sultan Koesen of Turkey presented the cookie …

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Nov 12 2009

NORWAY GINGERBREAD MAN – Big Hollywood

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Sultan Kösen, the world’s tallest man, unveils the world’s largest gingerbread man at an Ikea store in Oslo, Thursday, Nov.

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