5. Get a goat, and set fire to it One of the most popular Swedish Christmas decorations is the "Julbock" – a Christmas goat, made of straw, that normally sits under the tree or on a table.

“Christmas is a long season in Sweden. We start Dec. 1,” Norrman said ... From there, the exhibit expanded from mere place settings to entire rooms of decorations representative of each country. Ten ...

There are also endless tree decorations and ... red wooden stalls form Stortorgets Julmarknad, the oldest Christmas market in Sweden, where traders have been setting up stalls every November ...