If you’re looking for an excuse to wind down from all the holiday hustle this year, take a cue from Iceland. For decades now, this remote country has observed a tradition that’s tailor-made for ...
Every year around Christmastime a meme always circles my social media about a tradition in Iceland: Jólabókaflóð. The meme talks about how every Christmas Eve the people of Iceland give each other ...
I have no Nordic roots that I know of, but I feel like one holiday ritual in particular speaks to my DNA: In Iceland, the Christmas tradition of Jolabokaflod—the Christmas book flood—entails curling ...