St. Olaf Welcome Gathering

The traditional St. Olaf welcome gathering involved townsfolk going onto the front lawn of the new resident while singing songs and dressing up in bedsheets.

The tradition was discontinued after Old Man Smith, who was not familiar with the custom, mistook the townsfolk for the Ku Klux Klan. Since then, when someone new moves into town, the town council hands out peanut brittle and free passes to the local movie house, which they hope to build someday.