It is estimated that between three and four million Christmas trees are sold in Sweden each year.
Some may have already thrown out the Christmas tree. Others wait until January 13, as tradition suggests.
On January 13, 20 days after Christmas Eve, Christmas is over according to a tradition we have had since at least the 17th century.
Where does Christmas tree looting come from?
In older tradition and elsewhere in Europe, Christmas ends on January 6, that is, when we in the Nordics celebrate the Epiphany.
Throwing out the tree together with a so-called Christmas tree looting originates from the bourgeois traditions of the 19th century.