Tonight Ketkrókur, the 12th Yule Lad, comes to town. To hear about the other Yule Lads that have already arrived and an overview of this Icelandic Christmas series, check out Day 1, Day 2, Day 3, Day 4, Day 5, Day 6, Day 7, Day 8, Day 9, Day 10, Day 11 and Day 12.
Below is the Icelandic and English version of the poem about Ketkrókur by Jóhannes úr Kötlum.
Icelandic version of the poem about Ketkrókur
Ketkrókur, sá tólfti,
kunni á ýmsu lag.-
Hann þrammaði í sveitina
á Þorláksmessudag.
Hann krækti sér í tutlu,
þegar kostur var á.
En stundum reyndist stuttur
stauturinn hans þá.
English version of the poem about Ketkrókur
Meat Hook, the twelfth one
his talent would display
as soon as he arrived
on Saint Thorlak´s Day.
He snagged himself a morsel
of meet of any sort,
although his hook at times
was a tiny bit short.
Icelandic Christmas Tradition
Christmas candies! I feel like a holiday in Iceland is not complete without some kind of candy that is made especially for this time of the year.
The big candy producers like Nóí Sírius, Apollo and Góa all have some type of candy during this time. I especially love Jóladýr, which is a vegan candy from Freyja. It is dark chocolate with creamy mint filling. So tasty and way too easy to eat the whole bag.
