December 24, 2008

Merry Christmas

This evening, we welcome into our homes this man:

Kinda creepy, if you think about it.

2 comments:

Darren Ewing said...

okay... here we agree completely. Is that a sheep or a goat? Thank god I kept a fire burning in the fireplace.

punkinsmom said...

It is a goat. And this is one of the more Santa-looking illustrations of the Scandanavian gift-bearer of folklore. Frequently he resembles a homeless man in a goat mask.
In more recent times this character has been replaced with what is called julenisse who are more jolly-elfish creatures.