Hafnarfjordur, Iceland
First job of the day is now to fetch the bag from the door handle. Today I was visited by Askaleikir, Bowl-licker, who had also brought gingerbread. Let's have no more of "the characters", by the way. This is an Icelandic Christmas tradition dating back centuries (far longer than Father Christmas, I'm told) and these are the thirteen Yule Lads, who are trolls from the mountain. Their mother is Grýla, a witch and she owns the Christmas Cat, who eats children who ...