Advent Calendar 6. Game

Al35ul

Al35ul

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Nuuttipukki, sounds like something my mom would call us by nickname (yes she's not quite normal my mutti), but where does it originate and what does it mean?


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Bitter Lemon

Bitter Lemon

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In Finland 6.1. is the last day of Christmas as the Nuttipukki (Nutti goat) is coming to take it away. Nutti Pukki comes 13. days after Christmas and takes it all away! You don´t want to make to make him work so you better do hes job before that. If you haven removed decoration and taken out the tree he will be really mad. If there is still food or drinks (he is keen to alcohol) he well eat your food and drink your booze and then trash you home for not ending the Christmas. He will also steal any unopened presents. So make sure you ended your Christmas fest before yesterday.
 

rndm

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Joulupukki is a Finnish Christmas figure. The name joulupukki literally means "Christmas goat" or "Yule Goat" in Finnish; the word pukki comes from the Teutonic root bock, which is a cognate of the English "buck", and means "billy-goat". An old Scandinavian custom, the figure is now being eventually conflated with Santa Claus.
 

chigra

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It originates from Finland; it is a tradition which is somewhat analogous to the modern Santa Claus, where young men dressed as goats would visit houses. Nuuttipukki means "goat" in Finnish.
 
TYHDPA

TYHDPA

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nuuttipukki were often young people dressed in an inside-out fur coat and a mask made of birch bark, depicting a horned creature in a shamanic pattern.
 

swebbe

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It is finnish christmas tradition where men dress up as a goat called Nuuttipukki and walks from house to house and asks for food and drinks.
 

*Ace*

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Nuuttipukki originates in Finland and are young men dressed as goats, that would visit the houses, like scary santa clauses.
 
Junkz

Junkz

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Nuuttipukki originate from Finland, they are young men dressed as goats who visit houses during christmas.

On nuutinpäivä, a tradition has been observed which is somewhat analogous to the modern Santa Claus, where young men dressed as goats (Finnish: nuuttipukki) would visit houses. Usually the dress was an inverted fur jacket, a leather or birch bark mask, and horns. Unlike Santa Claus, Nuuttipukki was a scary character (cf. Krampus). The men dressed as nuuttipukki wandered from house to house, came in, and typically demanded food from the household and especially leftover alcoholic beverages. Unless Nuuttipukki received a salary from the host, he committed evil deeds. A dialectical proverb from Noormarkku says: Hyvä Tuomas joulun tua, paha Knuuti poijes viä or 'Good [St.] Thomas brings Christmas, evil Knut takes [it] away.'
 
CLAsSiCo

CLAsSiCo

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There persists today in some parts of Finland the custom of persons dressing in goat costume to perform in return for leftover food after Christmas. Historically, such a person was an older man, and the tradition refers to him as a nuuttipukki
 

ROfleski

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On nuutinpäivä, a tradition has been observed which is somewhat analogous to the modern Santa Claus, where young men dressed as goats (Finnish: nuuttipukki) would visit houses (so it originates from Finland). The men dressed as nuuttipukki wandered from house to house, came in, and typically demanded food from the household and especially leftover alcoholic beverages.
 
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