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Iceland - Thirteen Christmas Lads
Iceland’s 13 Santas or Christmas Kids “Jolasveinar” are the sons of two trolls, Gryla and Leppaludi, and take characters with names like Curd Glutton, Sausage Swiper and Meat Hook, for their mischievous pranks. They started out in olden days to be rather scary boys, but over time have grown into more familiar jolly elfs who arrive one at a time over the twelve days of Christmas and leave little presents for the children who have behaved all year. The kids leave their shoes on their window sills into which the Jolasveinar place gifts to be found by the family. Any children who have been naughty get a potato or some other reminder that good behavior is essential around Christmas. For year round Christmas spirit the House of Christmas in the center of Reykjavik offers quality Icelandic Christmas handicrafts including unique figures of Iceland’s special santas. Just follow Skólavörðustígur street to the big church and look to the left. For a cheap European Christmas experience, Iceland is especially budget friendly now since Santa left a lump of coal in their investment portfolio - and they're the closest.
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