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Swedes Don't Want Ivanhoe to Pick the Blonde

Getting tired of the ending of the eponymous 1982 film, traditionally shown on New Year's Day

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Despite many an aching head and probably a few sore tummies after the revelry of New Year's Eve, many Swedes settle in for the annual January 1st treat—the 1982 filmatisation of Ivanhoe, the tale of a knight who returns to England from the crusades. 

Yet neither the fierce jousting nor the Norman political intrigue has the attention of the Swedes. Instead they focus on the love battle between the doe-eyed Lady Rowena and the fiercely independent Jewish healer Rebecca. 

H/T Drave Robber