We got a card from Emil and Frida.  They told us about the Christmas goat.  Every year, the city of Gavle, where they live, builds a giant goat made of straw. The Gavle goat is famous for being vandalized or burnt down. Since 1966, the Goat has survived until Christmas Day only 13 times. In 2012, the goat was burned to the ground on December 12. Now the Goat has its own Twitter page (https://twitter.com/Gavlebocken) and it actually answers people.  Apparently it speaks Swedish and English.