GOATWATCH: Here's how you can livestream Sweden's Christmas goat

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The Gävlebocken goat in the Swedish city of Gävle has become a worldwide symbol of the Christmas season for many who eagerly follow news of the straw goat to see if it survives until Christmas day. Here's where you can watch it online.

https://www.thelocal.se/20221208/goatwatch-heres-how-you-can-livestream-swedens-christmas-goat/



The goat, called Gävlebocken, is famed around the world for the annual battle between anonymous arsonists who try to burn it down and the city authorities, who try to keep it intact until after Christmas.

Over its 56-year-history, the arsonists have the advantage, with the goat burning down slightly more often than it has stayed intact.

After 2016, when it was burned down within hours of being inaugurated, however it remained intact until 2020, coming close to beating its four-year survival record. It burned down again just before Christmas last year, however, with a man with soot on his hands arrested near the scene of the crime.

The Local’s journalist Becky Waterton asked on Twitter whether you thought the goat would survive this year, with 61.3 percent thinking it would perish before Christmas Eve.

Link to tweet

You can keep an eye on the goat’s fate via Visit Gävle’s website here, or via YouTube below.

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1. Interesting how the live feed is blurring faces and cars. The European data protection law in force.

And if the goat was in Philadelphia, he'd last about 12 hours.

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2. Seems they have a "light-hearted" take on arson...?

I should think there might be a little outrage...