Why Icelandic Children Love Getting Socks for Christmas.

You just can't make this stuff up...

An old Yule custom in Iceland includes the importance of getting new clothing Women spent many nights sewing so that each member of the household would get at least one new garment. As folklore had it, any person left out was in danger of being eaten by a malicious beast called the Christmas Cat.

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Posted by BMD'sPeanut

Monkey, write a song about it...And next year we can debate the importance of it!

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oooooh... burn!!

But seriously, how bizarre is that? If you don't get new clothes a ginormous cat willEAT you!!

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Posted by MonkeyLuv

oooooh... burn!!

But seriously, how bizarre is that? If you don't get new clothes a ginormous cat willEAT you!!

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I love cats.

I think my cat IS the Christmas cat!!!!!!!!!

OMG...

This is the Christmas Cat...


But wait there's more...


Do you see those 13 rather sinister looking dwarves? Those are Iceland's beloved YULE LADS! And by 'beloved' I mean 'feared and dreaded'. Would anyone like to know the Yule Lads names? (oh, this is good...)

Meat Snatcher
Skyr Gobbler
Candle Beggar
Sheep-fold Sneaker
Ladle Licker
Pot Scraper
Bowl Licker
Door Slammer
Sausage Snatcher
Window Peeper
Doorway Sniffer
Stumpy
Gully Gawk

Beginning on December 12 a different Lad would sneak into the villages at night.

Back to the group pictre. Those 2 tall and menacing characters in the back... they're Gryla, the yule lads mother, who was an ogress. Her favourite dish was a stew of naughty kids and she had an insatiable appetite. The other is the father, Leppalúdi. They own the Christmas cat and sic it on clothing-less children!


Merry Christmas from the terrorized citizens of Iceland!

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Posted by nov04LIbride

I think my cat IS the Christmas cat!!!!!!!!!

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FEAR!

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Posted by MonkeyLuv

This is the Christmas Cat...


But wait there's more...


Do you see those 13 rather sinister looking dwarves? Those are Iceland's beloved YULE LADS! And by 'beloved' I mean 'feared and dreaded'. Would anyone like to know the Yule Lads names? (oh, this is good...)

Meat Snatcher
Skyr Gobbler
Candle Beggar
Sheep-fold Sneaker
Ladle Licker
Pot Scraper
Bowl Licker
Door Slammer
Sausage Snatcher
Window Peeper
Doorway Sniffer
Stumpy
Gully Gawk

Beginning on December 12 a different Lad would sneak into the villages at night.

Back to the group pictre. Those 2 tall and menacing characters in the back... they're Gryla, the yule lads mother, who was an ogress. Her favourite dish was a stew of naughty kids and she had an insatiable appetite. The other is the father, Leppalúdi. They own the Christmas cat and sic it on clothing-less children!


Merry Christmas from the terrorized citizens of Iceland!

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Did you use that BBC Christmas name website to come up with all of these names? Are they code names for all of us on LIW?

I want to be Sausage Snatcher but if that's already taken, I'll settle for Sheep-fold Sneaker!

I wish I could have made that stuff up!!! The Icelandic are batsh!t crazy!!

You can be Sausage Snatcher, but WC is Doorway Sniffer, Anniegrl is Ladle Licker, FeliciaDA is Pot Scraper, Tourist is Candle beggar and I'm Door Slammer!

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Posted by MonkeyLuv

I wish I could have made that stuff up!!! The Icelandic are batsh!t crazy!!

You can be Sausage Snatcher, but WC is Doorway Sniffer, Anniegrl is Ladle Licker, FeliciaDA is Pot Scraper, Tourist is Candle beggar and I'm Door Slammer!

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I wanted to be Stumpy! Ladle licking is gross and unsanitary!

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Posted by MonkeyLuv

The Icelandic are batsh!t crazy!!

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True, look at Bjork Who, by the way, is the darling of London! Who knew?

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Posted by Anniegrl

I wanted to be Stumpy! Ladle licking is gross and unsanitary!

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All right, all right, you're Stumpy!! geez!

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Posted by usuk2004

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Posted by MonkeyLuv

The Icelandic are batsh!t crazy!!

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True, look at Bjork Who, by the way, is the darling of London! Who knew?

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I think Bjork is really an evil elf in a bad swan dress

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Posted by MonkeyLuv

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Posted by Anniegrl

I wanted to be Stumpy! Ladle licking is gross and unsanitary!

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All right, all right, you're Stumpy!! geez!

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Stumpy! Stumpy!

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Posted by Anniegrl

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Posted by usuk2004

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Posted by MonkeyLuv

The Icelandic are batsh!t crazy!!

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True, look at Bjork Who, by the way, is the darling of London! Who knew?

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I think Bjork is really an evil elf in a bad swan dress

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Bjork, AKA Gryla