Vernon County Museum Notes: Julebukking a tradition in Norwegian communities

  By KRISTEN PARROTT | Vernon County Museum curator This week between Christmas and New Year’s is the traditional time for julebukking.  A Norwegian word, “julebukk” literally means “Yule buck” or “Christmas goat.” The Dictionary of American Regional English defines a julebukk as a “masked and costumed person who goes from door to door between…