Christmas Gonks The Festive Trend For 2020 That You Never Saw Coming Homes Gardens
The Scandis have long been decorating their homes with these quirky, stumpy gnomes, and this year, it appears the trend is reaching out shores now, too. Steeped in centuries old tradition, gonks are said to protect homes throughout the Winter solstice and festive season. Called Tomte in Swedish, Nisse in Norway and Denmark and Tonttu in Finnish, gonks usually have short, squat bodies, pointy hats that cover their eyes, together with cute bulbous noses and long white beards....