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A '''Knut's party''' or '''Knut's dance''' ({{lang-sv|Julgransplundring}}, literally: "Christmas tree plundering") is a tradition in Sweden on [[St. Knut's Day]] (13 January), which marks the end of the [[Christmas and holiday season]], which includes [[Advent Sunday]], [[Saint Lucy's Day]], [[Christmas]], [[New Year]] and [[Epiphany (holiday)|Epiphany]]. It is also known as "Dancing out Christmas" (''Dansa ut julen'') or "Throw out the Tree" (''Kasta ut granen'').<ref name=dansa>{{cite web|title=Dansa ut julen med Nordiska museet|trans-title=Dance out Christmas with the Nordic Museum|url=http://www.nordiskamuseet.se/kalendarium/dansa-ut-julen-med-nordiska-museet|website=www.nordiskamuseet.se|publisher=[[Nordic Museum]]|accessdate=10 January 2016}}{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref name=knut>{{cite web|title=Tjugondag Knut|trans-title=St. Knut's Day|url=http://www.nordiskamuseet.se/aretsdagar/tjugondag-knut|website=www.nordiskamuseet.se|publisher=[[Nordic Museum]]|accessdate=10 January 2016}}</ref>
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== "Throwing out" the tree ==
During the 20th century, Christmas trees were literally thrown out of the window or from the balcony, onto the street once they had been "plundered" and stripped of all [[Christmas ornament|ornaments]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Taras julgransskola|trans-title=Tara's Christmas tree school|url=http://www.tara.se/artiklar/Inredning/Taras-julgransskola/|website=www.tara.se|publisher=Tara Magazine|accessdate=10 January 2016}}</ref> Since the beginning of the 21st century, areas for dumping the trees are designated by local authorities but in 2015, spontaneous and illegal dumping grounds were still a problem.<ref>{{cite web|last=Martinsson|first=Karl|date=16 February 2015|title=Här tog glada julen slut|trans-title=This is where the happy Christmas ended|url=https://mitti.se/har-tog-glada-julen-slut/|website=www.mitti.se|publisher=Mitt I Kungsholmen|accessdate=10 January 2016|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161013173018/https://mitti.se/har-tog-glada-julen-slut/|archivedate=13 October 2016|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Volunteers from sport clubs and other organizations such as [[Lions Clubs International]] also help collect the discarded trees. These can be [[Recycling|recycled]] for heating or used in [[bonfire]]s at [[Walpurgis Night#Sweden|Walpurgis Night]] (''Valborgsmässoafton'') later in spring.<ref name=syd>{{cite web|last=Ivarsson|first=Dan|title=Konsten att kasta en julgran|trans-title=The art of throwing out a Christmas tree|date=3 January 2007|url=http://www.sydsvenskan.se/malmo/konsten-att-kasta-en-julgran/|website=www.sydsvenskan.se|publisher=[[Sydsvenskan]]|accessdate=10 January 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Julin|first=Johan|date=5 January 2016|title=Så återvinner du barrande granen bäst|trans-title=How to best recycle the shredding tree|url=http://www.svt.se/nyheter/inrikes/atervunnen-julgran-kan-bromsa-vaxthuseffekten|website=www.svt.se|publisher=[[Sveriges Television]]|accessdate=10 January 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Majbrasa på Strandplan kl 18.00!|trans-title=May bonfire at Starndsgatan at 18!|date=24 April 2015|url=http://www.haparanda.se/haparandastad/nyheter/nyheter2015/majbrasapastrandplankl1800.5.6c29ee8814cca98974e54e.html|website=www.haparanda.se|publisher=[[Haparanda Municipality]]|accessdate=10 January 2016}}</ref> Failure to dispose of the tree in a manner designated by the authorities can result in a fine or a sentence of up to one year in prison.<ref name="syd" />
Since the late 1980s, [[artificial Christmas tree]]s have replaced a portion of the natural trees and thus eliminated the need to dispose of the tree. These are simply disassembled and put into storage after the Knut's party.<ref>{{cite web|title=Plastgran – Bra för allergiker|trans-title=Plastic fir – good for those suffering from allergies|url=http://www.expressen.se/leva-och-bo/jul/sa-valjer-du-ratt-julgran-for-ditt-hem/|date=4 December 2015|publisher =[[Expressen]]|accessdate=10 January 2016|website=www.expressen.se}}</ref>
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