LONDON -- Alas, even Sweden isn't safe from the wrath of 2016. In our continued coverage of extended metaphors for this tumultuous year, here's a holiday-themed analogy of well-intentioned calamity.

Sweden's Christmas Goat—a giant decorative goat made of straw and wood—is celebrating its 50th birthday, but revelers are being asked to keep the candles away, reports the AP. Every Christmas season ...

One year ago, Congress defunded public media. Now that we're 100% community funded, please become a sustaining member or increase your existing membership today. Gavlebocken, we hardly knew ye. Truly.

Since the 1960s, the city of Gävle in Sweden has annually built a towering Yule goat, and almost every year someone burns it down. Charred remains of the Natural Science Club’s Yule Goat, with the ...

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Arsonists set fire early on Wednesday to a giant straw statue of the Swedish Yule goat, a forerunner to Santa Claus in Sweden, defying security measures for a third year in a row ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

A composite photo of the Christmas goat shows the before and after it was torched by vandals in Gavle, Sweden, on Dec. 21, 2004. Gavlebocken, we hardly knew ye. Truly. Every year for Advent, the town ...