Wednesday Word: Julebukking

Dec 30, 2020 22:17

Julebukking - noun.

Julebukking is a Scandinavian tradition that you too may have also learned about through a Facebook post. It sounds similar to Halloween in North America--celebrants go door to door wearing costumes and masks. Sometimes the visitors sing and receive candy.

According to Wikipedia, the tradition may have originated in Norway during pre-Christian pagan times.

norwegian, wordsmith: calzephyr77, j, swedish

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