Thursday, December 8, 2011

Icelandic Christmas blog to come!

Hey everyone. It´s been way too long since I last blogged. What can I say...I´m a little flaky when it comes to daily writing. I never could keep a diary/journal. Since I spend so much time these days writing for my masters thesis (maybe I´ll share more on that another time) I thought writing for fun could be therapeutic. This time I have a good reason to write everyday!
I have been living in Iceland since July 2009 and this Christmas is my second time in Iceland (I went home last Christmas). I have decided to share Icelandic traditions, one in particular, with all of you who wish to read this ;) Starting tomorrow I´m going to explain the story of Iceland´s 13 "Santa clauses". Spoiler alert: these Santa's are nothing like your typical American Santa (FYI many Icelanders refer to this Santa as the "coca-cola Santa" which I find strange but maybe that´s because to me it´s just Santa). Bring an open mind to this story because frankly I think it sounds more Halloween than Christmas but I like different...different´s good and of course being and American girl in Iceland...I have experienced different! Anyway, be ready tomorrow the story begins!

3 comments:

  1. Keep it up H. It's always fun to read views on Icelandic traditions from foreigners and your blog is a good read.

    And post your blogs on facebook as well so I don't forget to check in!

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  3. Yay! I'm so glad you're blogging again...now you don't seem so far away! =)

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