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2. Icelandic Christmas book flood - Wikipedia

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   The Christmas book flood or Yule book flood (Icelandic: Jólabókaflóðið) is a term used in Iceland for the annual release of new books occurring in the months before Christmas. [1] These books are then purchased as presents to be gifted on Christmas Eve. This tradition makes books the most popular Christmas gift in the country. [2]

3. Icelandic Christmas folklore - Wikipedia

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   Embassy of Iceland, Washington DC. Archived from the original on 2 December 2013. "Grýla og jólasveinar". jol.ismennt.is. Archived from the original on 18 November 2005. Pictures by Halldor Petursson ca. 1950. "The Yule Lads". Jo's Icelandic Recipes. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. "Jólasveinarnir (Yuletide Lads)". Yule in Iceland.

4. Christmas in Iceland - Wikipedia

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   Christmas in Iceland (Jól) starts four weeks before proper Christmas, which begins on 24 December (Aðfangadagur) and ends thirteen days later on 6 January (Þrettándinn, coinciding with Epiphany). Traditionally, one candle is lit each Sunday, until four candles are lit on the 24th.

5. Icelandic Literary Prize - Wikipedia

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   Five books are nominated in each category, and the year's nominations are publicized in the beginning of December, but the prize itself is not awarded until January. Because the year's nominations come in the middle of the Christmas book flood, these books receive a great deal of marketing. Once the books have been nominated, the Icelandic ...

6. Guide to Iceland - Wikipedia

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   Guide to Iceland was founded in 2012. [4] The founders wanted to create a central marketplace for tourism in Iceland, where travelers could find reliable travel information and book directly from local suppliers.

7. Jóhannes úr Kötlum - Wikipedia

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   In 1932, Jóhannes úr Kötlum published his best-loved children's book: Jólin koma (Christmas is Coming – Verse for Children). One of the poems in the book, "The Yuletide-Lads," reintroduced Icelandic society to Yuletide folklore and established what is now considered the canonical thirteen Yuletide-lads or Yule Lads, their personalities and connection to other folkloric characters.