Iceland christmas traditions

How to celebrate Christmas in Iceland? Find out about traditional Icelandic Christmas food, drinks, gifts, folklore legends, and more!

Instead of just Santa Claus visiting, children in Iceland get a visit from 13 Yule Lads in December as well as a scary cat.

This Christmas, try making books and reading a central part of the celebration for your family. We’ve got the lowdown on Iceland’s amazing tradition of Jolabokaflod, aka the Christmas Book Flood. It’s a sweet, wholesome and all-around lovely way to center book gifts and togetherness this holiday season.

Christmas Eve tradition: Jolabokaflod. A cozy tradition from Iceland, we give books on Christmas Eve while enjoying sweets and time together.

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Icelandic Meringue Cornflake Christmas cookies (Marens Kornflexkökur) have crispy and chewy meringue, dark chocolate, and crunchy cornflakes.

Are you curious to learn more about Iceland's Christmas traditions, the Book Flood or Jolabokaflod? If you are a book lover, you'll want to celebrate your own bookish Christmas traditions just like Icelanders. Dispel the myths of Jolabokaflod from the memes you see online as two Icelanders tell all about the Christmas book flood. These Iceland locals also disclose their favorite bookish travel spots near Reykjavik. #Christmas #Iceland #Jolabokaflod #BookFlood

Christmas in Iceland is traditionally very different from the United States. We had fun trying to recreate similar traditions to the Icelanders.

Learn about Jolabokaflod, or the Iceland Book Flood, and how you can start a cozy Christmas Eve tradition with books and hot chocolate.