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===Gift clothing===
In certain areas of Sweden and Finland, the Christmas gift consisted of a set of clothing, a pair of [[Mitten|mittens]] or a pair of shoes at a minimum. In [[Uppland]] ({{illm|Skokloster parish|sv|Skoklosters socken}}), the folk generously offered a fur coat and a red cap such as was suitable for winter attire.{{sfnp|Celander|1928|p=212}}

Conversely, the commonplace motif where the "[[household spirit|House spirit]] leaves when gift of clothing is left for it"{{efn|Stith-Thompson's [[Motif-Index of Folk-Literature|motif index]] F405.11. "House spirit leaves when gift of clothing is left for it".}} might be exhibited:  According to one Swedish tale, a certain Danish woman ({{lang|sv|danneqwinna}}) noticed that her supply of meal she sifted seemed to last unusually long, although she kept consuming large amounts of it. But once when she happened to go to the shed, she spied through the keyhole or narrow crack in the door and saw the tomte in a shabby gray outfit sifting over the meal-tub ({{lang|sv|mjölkaret}}). So she made a new gray [[kirtle]] ({{lang|sv|kjortel}}) for him and left it hanging on the tub. The tomte wore it and was delighted, but then sang a ditty proclaiming he will do no more sifting as it may dirty his new clothes.<ref name="afzelius3">{{harvp|Afzelius|1841|loc='''3''': 80–81}}; {{harvp|Thorpe|1851|loc='''II''': 94}}</ref>{{Refn|In Amy Friedman's adaptation "The tomte's new suit", the family is worried about offending the tomte and causing it to leave, but ironically the gift of new clothing makes it go away.<ref name="friedman2012"/>}} A similar tale about a ''nisse'' grinding grain at the mill is localized at the farmstead of {{illm|Vaker|no}} in [[Ringerike (municipality)|Ringerike]], Norway. It is widespread and has been assigned Migratory Legend index ML 7015.<ref>{{harvp|Kvideland|Sehmsdorf|1988}} "{{URL|1=https://books.google.com/books?id=_wTCSv2CGqUC&pg=PA245 |2=48.10 The Nisse's New Clothes}}", p. 245</ref>{{Refn|group="lower-alpha"|name="martin_amberg"}}