Episode 64: Icelandic Yule Traditions (The Christmas Puss)

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! This week we’re visiting beautiful Iceland and exploring their holiday folklore. You thought Krampus was bad? Think again. Iceland has Gryla, who hungers after naughty children, and the Yule Cat, who stalks boys and girls who got no new clothes for Christmas. And it doesn’t stop there with not 1, not 2, but 13 mischievous Yule Lads come to torment you by swiping your meat and suckling your milk and licking your utensils (and no those are not euphemisms). Cozy up in your favorite ugly sweater, pour yourself a tall, stiff drink and put on your noise cancelling headphones and put your squabbling family behind you and join us for an old fashioned Icelandic Jól!

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