It's not Norway, but it's fairly close by. Here is an account of Christmas traditions in Finland:

[i]"Here in Finland we have a more compelling threat to the kids: "If you don't behave, Santa is going to beat you up". Not kidding...

Father Christmas isn't so much a benevolent grandpa-figure here as a mysterious and unpredictable supernatural spirit. Children would be spraying urine and feces all over the place if forced to sit on his knee.

Santa is a psycho - I recall hearing stories about his tonttus (elfs) commiting some minor transgressions or errors in manufacturing toys at Santa's stronghold in Korvatunturi. How did Santa react? He ate the elfs in question! Yet he loves and would never harm his reindeer - even though reindeer meat is a common Christmas delicacy.. " [/i]

Maybe I wasn't too far off with my Santa as Odin photoshop series?

Here's an experiment... when you cook your next christmas feast, tell the kids at the table that you're having a Finnish Christmas dinner. After they've chowed down on whatever christmas meat you have chosen to serve, tell them the main course is Rudolph... then explain to them how Santa "loves" his Reindeer. Then let them know as gently as you can that Santa is now going to come kick the living shit out of them for eating his main bitch.

I am sitting here laughing my seat off.
Luckily, I have no kids. But if I did, they would dread the holidays.

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