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Iceland's tradition of exchanging books on christmas eve then spending the evening reading them is bringing readerly inspiration to the world. Popular traditions host a games. The holiday season starts off.

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The excitement of the holiday is reaching its peak, and children are. As we have added children to our family,. I have gone from buying one christmas book to buying four each christmas.

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(while a number of other countries open all of their gifts on christmas eve!). In 1944 the icelandic book trade started sending a book catalogue to every household in november. Books were shared at christmas with abundance and extra love, as other gifts were in short supply.

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It’s thought that the practice of jolabokaflod began during the second world war, when icelandic people celebrated christmas with books as paper was one of the few things. Today, the tradition still stands: Christmas eve, which is when presents are opened, became a night.

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Our yearly christmas book tradition choices (so far): In late september, a free catalog of iceland’s. Many parents give their children books as gifts, and there are often book sales leading up to christmas eve in iceland.