Day 8 – The 7th Icelandic Yule Lad (Hurðaskellir) comes to Town

Tonight Hurðaskellir, the 7th Yule Lad comes to town This is a 15-day Icelandic Christmas series. To hear about the  other Yule Lads that have already arrived and an overview of this Icelandic Christmas series, check out Day 1, Day 2, Day 3, Day 4, Day 5, Day 6 and Day 7.

Below is the Icelandic and English version of the poem about Hurðaskellir by Jóhannes úr Kötlum.

Sjöundi var Hurðaskellir, 
-sá var nokkuð klúr, 
ef fólkið vildi í rökkrinu 
fá sér vænan dúr. 

Hann var ekki sérlega 
hnugginn yfir því, 
þó harkalega marraði 
hjörunum í.

The seventh was Door Slammer,
a sorry, vulgar chap:

When people in the twilight
would take a little nap,
he was happy as a lark
with the havoc he could wreak,

slamming doors and hearing
the hinges on them squeak.

Christmas Markets. I talked about this in the episode about Icelandic themed Christmas Gifts but I am briefly bringing it up again because it is such a staple here regarding this holiday.

Here is a link to check out the Christmas markets for 2021 in or near Reykjavík.

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