"In Iceland, books are exchanged on Christmas Eve, and you spend the rest of the night reading. People generally take their books to bed along with some chocolate. How cozy and wonderful does that sound?
Iceland publishes more books per capita than any other country, and new books are typically published only during the Christmas season - the frenzy is called "Jólabókaflóð" which means Christmas Book Flood."
Found on Facebook.
☆☆ Merry Christmas! ☆ Happy Jólabókaflóð! ☆☆
What a wonderful idea, I always give books as gifts. Merry Christmas Marianne to you and your family.
ReplyDeleteYes, I wonderful tradition! Merry Christmas to you and your family.
ReplyDeleteEven though I hope I sleep tonight, if I have any trouble I will be reading! Great piece of Christmas Eve lore.
ReplyDeleteWhat a cozy Christmas tradition!! Thanks for sharing!!
ReplyDeleteI love that tradition as much as everyone of you does. Mind you, I don't need a tradition like that in order to start reading. ;) But I'd love to have everyone around me love reading just as much as I do.
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year,
Marianne
Aah, I've seen it now. Jólabókaflóðið is a lovely tradition, isn't it. It's not sufficiently cold enough for me to do that every year and sometimes, I'm travelling. You're right, we don't need a tradition to start reading. Everyday is Jólabókaflóðið for bookworms like us. I also love to see people reading around me. In fact, I do see a lot of people reading in trains, parks, everywhere and buying books in bookshops. That's the life.
DeleteAbsolutely, C&B. And you can always snuggle up in a settee without a big blanket, if it's not cold enough. Every weather is reading weather. ;)
DeleteWell said. :)
DeleteThank you very much, C&B.
DeleteMerry Christmas.