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December 26, 2020
Midtvinterblot
"They drank, and they ate horse meat."
The Vikings began their Christmas celebration at home, says Herleik Baklid, a cultural historian at the University of South-Eastern Norway. Then they would begin socializing.
People came walking and riding on horses and in sledges with sheepskin rugs over their shoulders. The chieftain in the area had invited everyone to the midtvinterblot, a midwinter sacrificial feast. The guests brought barrels of beer, mead, food, and perhaps some animals to be slaughtered.
The fireplaces were lit and decorated in the long house, in the main yard. This was Christmas celebrations, Viking style.
People came walking and riding on horses and in sledges with sheepskin rugs over their shoulders. The chieftain in the area had invited everyone to the midtvinterblot, a midwinter sacrificial feast. The guests brought barrels of beer, mead, food, and perhaps some animals to be slaughtered.
The fireplaces were lit and decorated in the long house, in the main yard. This was Christmas celebrations, Viking style.
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