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Julotta
The ''Julotta'' is a Swedish service that celebrates the time of birth of Jesus Christ. ''Jul'' means Christmas, ''otta'' is the time which is slightly before dawn. The service is held every December 25 early on Christmas morning; at 7 AM in most churches,〔(Christmas from the Official gateway to Sweden ) Retrieved 30 May 2013〕 but in some churches it is celebrated at 10 AM, or as early as 4 AM. During previous decades, most Julottas were held at 4 AM. Traditionally, the service should end before, or at the time of, dawn: hence the word ''otta'' is the time just before dawn. Historically clergy was obliged not only to say the high mass but also mattins (''ottesång'') and evensong (''aftonsång''); today only the ottesång of Christmas remain but has been liturgically changed since and can now be the main service of Christmas Day, wherefore many parishes have no mid-morning high mass on Christmas Day.
It was the most popular service in the earlier days 〔(Christmas service draws a shrinking congregation from Seattle Post Intelligence ) Retrieved 30 May 2013〕 but now the Midnight Mass on December 24 has become more popular. People who hardly visited the church regularly in the rest of the year often visited the Julotta 〔(Langford churches carries on early-morning Julotta tradition ) Retrieved 30 May 2013〕 but they tend to go to the Midnight Mass or the service of Advent Sunday.
==Historical Significance==
Swedish immigrants spread the festivity〔(Christmas Eve a busy night for church performers at MPR News ) Retrieved 30 May 2013〕 to different countries.〔(Julotta: A cross cultural Christmas Tradition ) Retrieved 30 May 2013〕 The earliest recorded history of Julotta service in the United States of America was held in Strombeck Church in Minnesota in 1883.〔(A Comparative Relationship Analysis of Swedish Traditions in the US Rural Midwest and Sweden by Barry Peterson ) Retrieved 30 May 2013〕 After Julotta, Swedish people race to get home first from the church. The winner is believed to harvest the most bountiful crops 〔(Christmas in Sweden from The Local: Sweden’s News in English ) Retrieved 30 May 2013〕 for the year ahead.
抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』
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