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This article also appeared on LinkedIn. Top Stories. Top Videos. Getty Images. Some stay at home and read through all the Christmas cards they received, read their new book or play cards. The December 25th is the day when Icelanders have a relaxed morning, eat leftovers, drink a coffee while the kids are watching cartoons or play with their new toys.
This day is for meeting with family again and enjoy time together. All stores and other public places are closed. A day for rest and chill with friends and family, although if you feel like it, you can go out to party, go to the cinema or do other activities. December 24th and 25th are just considered as inappropriate days for the public to be partying and drinking. Icelanders go to " brennur " which we can translate as celebrating groups of people holding sparkles, smiling, watching big bonfires.
At midnight, the sky is full of fireworks , while everybody enjoys stepping into New Year. The January 6th is the last day of the Christmas holidays. It is the thirteenth night since Christmas Eve, and many magical traditions will happen. Legends say that cows start to talk, seals change their appearance into a human form and elves move their homes.
Icelanders need to be sure that their houses are clean, the Christmas decorations are taken down, and the tree is no longer in the living room. There are also bonfires on this night as well to say farewell to this holidays season. Exciting enough to get to know Christmas in Iceland, isn't it?
If you are going to stay here over the holidays, enjoy them as much as you can, and we hope that this article helped you a little bit to orientate and educate.
But for now,. Trolls were creatures that were greatly feared for centuries; gigantic monstrous creatures that could only travel during sundown, since sunlight turns them into solid rock. Therefore, isolated rock formations who seem to be out of place, were often said to be petrified trolls. Here is a list of some of Iceland? The most unpredictable thing in Iceland is the weather. Sometimes we check the weather forecast many times each day and it's different each time.
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Some people buy presents last minute, and some leave the last gift on purpose until this night, many people go to the center of town to see people and be seen. The stench of the Skate is powerful - so you'll know when someone's had it at home.
The taste is quite different from the smell - or so people say. Be sure to try it if you get the chance! Photo by Jed Owen. On Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, and New Year's Eve, there are a few dishes that are considered Christmas dishes, and most people will have one, two, or three of them. It's a smoked lamb that's quite salty and has a very strong flavor. A sweet glaze and sauce made out of Coca Cola give a pleasant contrast with the meat's salt.
It is also served with caramelized potatoes, pickled red onion, and some vegetables. Games such as reindeer and ptarmigan are also popular. Hunters may take only a certain number of ptarmigans each year - and for some people, Christmas doesn't come unless they get this dish.
These would be the most common dishes - but other ones are also coming in strong, such as turkey, premium cuts of beef, geese, and luxurious seafood such as langoustine Icelandic lobster or salmon.
Seafood soup or lobster soup is also popular as a starter or even as a main course. She likes nothing better to eat than nasty or naughty children, who she cooks in a large pot. She is rather fat, so it seems like she gets a handful of naughty children to eat each year. He's not too keen on eating children and is a rather useless chap.
The Christmas Cat also loves the taste of humans, no matter if they've been naughty or not. However, the only people the cat gets to eat each year are the ones that didn't get a new item of clothing before Christmas.
So if you don't want your loved one to be eaten by a giant troll cat in Iceland, you'd better give them at least one pair of socks! They're all a bit naughty - although they have softened up a bit in recent years and have started leaving presents for kids in their shoes if they leave one in their window each night. If you've misbehaved, you'll get a rotten potato. He has a wooden leg and likes to frighten farmer's sheep.
The next night, Stubby arrives, the shortest one of them all. And so on it goes, every night. After the 24th of December, the Yule Lads head back to their home, one by one. So the first one to arrive leaves on Christmas Day, and then one by one, they head to the highlands until the Holiday Season is officially over. On that day, it is customary to throw bonfires around the country when many people also use up the leftovers of their New Year's Eve fireworks.
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