Santa seems just about normal right now.
In Gävle, Sweden, Swedes build a gigantic Yule goat - which almost annually gets unofficially burned to the ground.
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Residents of Oaxaca attend radish sculpture nativity contests put on by farmers.
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Estonians hit the saunas to unwind on Christmas Eve.
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Krampus, Santa's demon sidekick, runs wild through Austria abusing children who misbehaved.
During Krampuslauf, young men and women routinely drink and then run through the streets dressed as Krampus and other demons.
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