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Norway & Hiding Brooms

• Perhaps one of the most unorthodox Christmas Eve traditions can be found in Norway, where people hide their brooms.
• It’s a tradition that dates back centuries to when people believed that witches and evil spirits came out on Christmas Eve looking for brooms to ride on.
• To this day, many people still hide their brooms in the safest place in the house to stop them from being stolen.

• Norwegians once believed that witches and evil spirits would come out on Christmas Eve

• Families started hiding their brooms, mops and brushes before going to bed on Christmas Eve so that the witches couldn’t steal them

• Spruce logs are burned in the fireplace to prevent witches from coming down the chimney

• Men occasionally fire shotguns into the air outside to scare off evil spirits.

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