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2. The mystical pagan traditions still celebrated in Sweden at ...

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   The Midsummer maypole tradition dates from the Middle Ages, while the summer solstice celebration can be traced to Norse pagan times, when the culture revolved around the mystical natural world.

3. Christmas decoration - Wikipedia

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   A Christmas tree ornament. In some places, Christmas decorations are traditionally taken down on Twelfth Night, the evening of January 5 or January 6. The difference in this date is that some count Christmas Day as the first day of Christmas, whereas for others, Christmas Day is a feast day in its own right, and the first full day of the ...

4. Christmas ornament - Wikipedia

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   Piernik ornaments in Poland. Christmas ornaments, baubles, globes, "Christmas bulbs", or "Christmas bubbles" are decoration items, usually to decorate Christmas trees. These decorations may be woven, blown (glass or plastic), molded (ceramic or metal), carved from wood or expanded polystyrene, or made by other techniques. Ornaments are ...

5. Yule goat - Wikipedia

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   A Swedish Gävle goat (Gävlebocken).. The Yule goat in Nordic countries today is best known as a Christmas ornament.This modern version of the Yule goat figure is a decorative goat made out of straw and bound with red ribbons, a popular Christmas ornament often found under or on the Christmas tree.

6. Saint Jonas's Festival - Wikipedia

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   While midsummer day is celebrated throughout Europe, many Lithuanians have a particularly lively agenda on this day. The traditions include singing songs and dancing until the sun sets, telling tales, searching to find the magic fern blossom at midnight, jumping over bonfires, greeting the rising midsummer sun and washing the face with a ...

7. Midsummer - Wikipedia

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   Midsummer is a celebration of the season of summer, taking place on or near the date of the summer solstice in the Northern Hemisphere; the longest day of the year. The name "midsummer" mainly refers to summer solstice festivals of European origin.

8. Maypole - Wikipedia

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   Dancing around the midsummer pole, in Åmmeberg, Sweden. A maypole is a tall wooden pole erected as a part of various European folk festivals, around which a maypole dance often takes place. The festivals may occur on 1 May or Pentecost , although in some countries it is instead erected during Midsummer (20–26 June). In some cases, the ...

9. Swedish festivities - Wikipedia

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   Traditional Christmas decorations include a Christmas tree, Yule Goats of straw (such as the Gävle goat), tomte and angel figurines and nativity scenes. Decoration has been influenced by Anglo-Saxon traditions, though extensive, blinking Christmas lights as common in the United States are considered to be a bit kitschy .