Julbock | "Christmas Goat"

The Julbock (Christmas Goat) is a symbol of Scandinavian Yule tradition dating back to ancient Pagan ceremonies.  Originally celebrating the suns annual re-entry into the astrological sign of Capricornus there is also a connection to the goats Tanngrisnir and Tanngnjóstr who pulled the Norse God Thor's chariot. Over the centuries this folklore transformed in many ways, as they tend to do, to elves delivering gifts on festive adorned goats and then to the goat itself being the gift-bringer. 
It is still celebrated today with large straw effigies of goats and with a tradition called Julebukking similar to wassailing where people dress up in disguise and go house to house singing during the holidays.

This bar is my ode to this ancient tradition. Crafted with raw fresh goat milk from our own Christmas goats and adorned with Juniper Berries, Hawthorn Berries, Pinecones, pink peppercorns, Star Anise, Cranberry Seeds, and Poppy Seeds.  It is scented with an entire forest of fir needles, pine, cedar, and cypress with notes of cinnamon leaf, clove, star anise, lemon, rosemary and eucalyptus.

Ingredients / ingrédients
Caprae lac, Sodium Cocoate, Sodium Grapeseedate. Sodium Sunflowerate, Sodium Shea Butterate, Sodium Castorate, Cera Alba, Sodium lactate, Spirulina platensis extract, Bixa orellana (Annatto) seed extract, Indigofera Tinctoria, Camellia sinensis extract, Callitris Intratropica Wood Oil, Curcuma  Longa (Turmeric) Extract, Pinus Sylvestris Leaf Oil , Abies Balsamea Needle Oil, Cedrus Atlantica Bark Oil, Cinnamomum Zeylanicum Leaf Oil, Cinnamomum Camphora Branch/Leaf Extract , Rosmarinus Officinalis Leaf Oil , Eucalyptus Globulus Leaf Oil, Melaleuca Alternifolia Leaf Oil, Citrus Limon Peel Oil , Juniperus Communis Fruit Oil, Illicium Verum Fruit/Seed Oil, Eugenia Caryophyllus Flower Oil, Illicum verum, Crataegus monogyna, Juniperus Communis Fruit, Papaver Somniferum seed, Vaccinium Macrocarpon Seeds