Swedes are sort of like Earth's benevolent alien overlords, right? They just are so different than us, gazing down from their icy zone! For one thing, they have a strange tradition of watching Donald Duck cartoons each Christmas Eve.

Specifically, they watch a 1958 Christmas special called "Donald Duck and his friends wish you a Merry Christmas." The annual broadcast is a huge nation-wide event: According to Slate's Jeremy Stahl, as many as half the population may at this very moment be sitting in front of their TVs watching Kalle Anka och hans vänner önskar God Jul, which is what they call the special in their alien language, Swedish.

God Jul!