Rebecca Steiner says she was heartbroken as she watched Sweden's massive straw Christmas goat go down in flames ... the statue was installed, someone burned it down on New Year's Eve.

The goat is to Sweden what Christmas poo fixation is to Catalonia ... rather than a deliberate display); it has burned to the ground most years since its first display in 1966.

Get a goat, and set fire to it One of the most popular Swedish Christmas decorations is the ... and yet it has been burned down a total of 37 times since 1966. The Council now smother it in ...