How Do Reindeer Fly?
… and how can Santa Claus visit every house, go down chimneys, leave toys, all over the world in one night?
One of the answers is found on European Christmas trees.
Read about Finland’s version of the Julbock, Joulupukki.
Note: Don’t try this at home unless you have the kidneys of a reindeer. It also explains why gnomes are so cheerful. [This is one of my most searched for posts, almost as big as the Shi’ia oil map, or the Alaska-Russia border. It is a bit disconcerting to see the number of people around the world whose interests are as weird as mine, but they are all hits on the counter.]
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It is a bit disconcerting to see the number of people around the world whose interests are as weird as mine,
i’m pretty sure i’ve searched your blog for all these…
Yeah, but we are liberals living in South Fundistan, so we are automatically in the “weird” category.
I was pretty sure the answer was, “Magic!” But ‘shrooms work too ;).
– Badtux the Amused Penguin
There are a lot of shamans who will tell you the right ones are magic.
My tribe is kinda wild. Wondering how I can retrace my grandparents footsteps and head back there. In the meantime….pass the shrooms, dude! 😉
It’s the long winter with no one but the reindeer to talk to that causes people to get up to these kinds of things.
Hey…it’s been REAL cold here lately….
Yes, but there is sunshine and a notable lack of snow or reindeer. 😉