The Yule Goat
12/17/2013 10:19:00 AM
![Mocha Playing the Part of the Yule Goat](http://www.motherearthnews.com/%7E/media/Images/MEN/Editorial/Blogs/Homesteading%20and%20Livestock/The%20Yule%20Goat/DSCN0747.JPG)
It’s
been about two years since I first got my goats, so when I learned
about the Yule Goat (or buck), I was intrigued. It appears that goats
have been a part of Scandinavian Yule tradition longer than Christianity
and have been incorporated into Christmas celebrations. Yule was
basically — and still is with neo-pagans — a celebration of the winter
solstice.
Read more:
http://www.motherearthnews.com/homesteading-and-livestock/the-yule-goat-zbcz1312.aspx#ixzz2nr8daqKb
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