Tomte

Swedish folklore has it that there are little unseen Tomtes living in the forests and near homes that watch over family members, their animals, and crops. Kari and I decided that we would take home a replica of what a Tomte might look like.

We sat him on our living room cabinet. When our Temple President and his Wife came over to Kari's dinner invitation, we told them that we had trapped a real live Tomte in the forest graveyard near the temple. His wife asked what we used for bait. I said that I used a neighborhood kid since Tomtes especially like to help young people.

Below are several pictures of our Tomte in the Swedish forest where he was living (we have since released him and kept only his replica).