Iceland sounds like paradise.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

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Iceland sounds like paradise.

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[hlthe2b]

1. I'm in!

[madaboutharry]

2. I need to start a new tradition at my house.

[Pinback]

3. Ah, so it's not all murders and avalanches.

(https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3561180/)

Lovely tradition! I'm ready. Check out this website, featuring lots about this celebration, including the 2021 Jolabokaflod Booklist:

https://jolabokaflod.org/


- PDF of the bulletin (in Icelandic): https://cdn.bokatidindi.is/images/bokatindi2021.pdf

[Ocelot II]

6. Or giant cats that eat you if you don't get new clothes for Christmas.

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[NNadir]

4. Yes, but the books are all in Icelandic.

[SergeStorms]

7. Who cares?

Chocolate is chocolate, I'll look at the pictures.

[NNadir]

10. Well, we've more or less done the book thing for years, including this year.

Our books, however, are in English.

The chocolate, which we still do more or less as well, is international.

[nitpicker]

13. For me I get a book

And give my SO a movie chosen from a list.

[niyad]

5. Hat a lovely tradition. I am adopting it!

[SCantiGOP]

8. I gave my wife 9 Christmas presents

Seven were hard backed books. This would land most husbands in the dog house, but my wife was close to tears.
Nothing she loves better than a hard backed book.

Included were Anderson Cooper’s book on the Vanderbilt dynasty, Katie Couric’s autobiography, and Grisham’s latest.

[plimsoll]

9. For the benefit of you who don't grasp this Iceland has really short days in winter.

The first European literature comes from Iceland (the Sagas.) It's possible that they needed something to do in winter.

Reykjavik had 6:49 of daylight, by comparison Anchorage had 7:34. That roughly 49 minutes may not seem like much, but you would be shocked.

[BComplex]

12. Very interesting! Thanks for that.

[gopiscrap]

11. Iceland is a great country

I have been there three times and each time loved it