Yule Lads

Day 3 – The 2nd Icelandic Yule Lad (Giljagaur) comes to Town

Tonight Giljagaur, the 2nd Yule Lad, comes to town. This is a 15-day Icelandic Christmas series. To hear about the first Yule Lad and an overview of this Icelandic Christmas series, check out Day 1 and Day 2. Below is the Icelandic and English version of the poem about Giljagaur by Jóhannes úr Kötlum. Below…

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Day 2 – The first Icelandic Yule Lad (Stekkjastaur) comes to Town

The kick off to this series was yesterday, so check out that if you want a primer on who the Yules Lads are and a bit about their family. One thing to keep in mind is that the Yule Lads travel in the evening/early morning, so they can get into town before children wake up….

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Day 1 – Kick off for the Icelandic Christmas Series

While I have talked about the Icelandic Yule Lads on the podcast in the past, I decided to change it up a bit this year by kicking off a 15-day Icelandic Christmas series.This series will include me reading a poem in Icelandic and English about the Yule Lads. This poem was originally written in Icelandic…

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