Julebukker

No kan de berre kome, julebukkar! Diverre for ølbukkar, så har vi ikkje øl. Men vi har snopeposar til dei som syng for oss. 

Tradisjonen med julebukk har si opprinning i den Skandinaviske og Nord-Europeiske tradisjonen med å slakte ein nyttårsbukk, for å sikre fruktbarhet i det nye året, og markere slutten på arbeidsåret som hadde vore. Nokre knytter dette til norrøn mytologi, og slaktinga av Tor sine bukkar. Her hos oss går alle ungane julebukk på nyttårsaften. 

Snopeposane står klare!

In Norway we have a tradition called going "julebukk", translated directly it means "Christmas buck". The tradition has origins in a Scandinavian and Northern European tradition of the goat as a symbol of  fertility. A goat was slaughtered to ensure fertile soil and mark the en of the working year. The tradition have by some been traced back to the old northern mythology, and the repeated slaughtering of the goats of the god Thor. Later it referred to a person who goes the "Christmas buck", walking from house to house in a small group where everyone is disguised. They sang and danced, and originaly received beer and food. Now only children go Christmas buck, singing Christmas carols, and receiving candy. Some places they walk Christmas buck one of the days between Christmas Eve and New Years Eve. Other places, like here, it's always on New Years Eve. 

We are ready for them!