Talk:Joulupukki
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[edit] Origin of Korvatunturi
Correct me if I'm wrong but wasn't Markus-setä on in 1920s already? It sounds unbelieveable the tradition of where Joulupukki lives would be as young as 40 years.
[edit] Why Goat?
The article says
- means literally "Christmas Goat" because of an old Finnish tradition
So ... what is the tradition that gives us "goat"?
WpZurp 14:51, 16 Sep 2004 (UTC)
- It's not so much of a tradition, but the fact that Santa Claus is in fact Yule Goat in disguise. It's a conspiracy involving The Coca-Cola Company. ;-) The again, surely there were traditions involving Yule Goat, but I don't know much about those and I think they have changed quite a lot. --Lakefall 23:02, 14 Oct 2004 (UTC)
- The name "Yule Goat" apparently comes from an old Finnish tradition of nuuttipukki, tapaninpukki and the like – (drunken) youngsters dressed as goats (with horns and masks on their face) going from door to door begging for food and slugs of liquor left from Christmas and scaring children. The outlook of Joulupukki as we know him today indeed involved the Coca-Cola Company. Before a specific Christmas advertisement of theirs, Joulupukki used to wear green and blue. ([1] and Finnish Wikipedia) –Jonnabuz (talk) 07:36, 24 May 2005 (UTC)
- See Snopes.com for claims againts the Coca-Cola theory. Jonnabuz (talk) 30 June 2005 10:05 (UTC)
- The name "Yule Goat" apparently comes from an old Finnish tradition of nuuttipukki, tapaninpukki and the like – (drunken) youngsters dressed as goats (with horns and masks on their face) going from door to door begging for food and slugs of liquor left from Christmas and scaring children. The outlook of Joulupukki as we know him today indeed involved the Coca-Cola Company. Before a specific Christmas advertisement of theirs, Joulupukki used to wear green and blue. ([1] and Finnish Wikipedia) –Jonnabuz (talk) 07:36, 24 May 2005 (UTC)
There existed similar traditions in Sweden, I think... 惑乱 分からん 12:12, 18 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] The reverted merge
In the article history 213.202.147.90 wrote: "Reverted merge because it wasnt a genuine merge. The content wasnt added to the main Santa article."
I merged it, but it got moved to Christmas around the world. --Lakefall 23:54, 12 Jan 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Sober?
Why wouldn't the rent a Santa be sober? Any thing to back this up? hdstubbs
If you've lived in Finland, you'd know Thedukeofno 14:49, 13 January 2007 (UTC)
