Yule goat
Scandinavian decorative Christmas straw goat / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"Julbocken" redirects here. For the Alice Tegnér song, see Julbocken (song).
The Yule goat is a Scandinavian and Northern European Yule and Christmas symbol and tradition. Its origin is from Germanic paganism and has existed in many variants during Scandinavian history. Modern representations of the Yule goat are typically made of straw.[1]