Today, the 13 brothers are said to leave presents in well-behaved youngsters’ shoes. But they used to be depicted as ...

Though perhaps only children believe those tales, there's another belief held among those of all ages in the country — that ...

In Iceland, the most popular Christmas gifts aren’t the latest iProducts or kitchen gadgets—they’re books. Each year, Iceland ...

Given Icelanders’ love of reading, it’s not surprising books became extremely popular Christmas gifts. Then in 1944 (the same ...

Here’s hoping the books appease the blood lust of hungry Christmas monsters that prey upon the children of Iceland. My second lodging option was the far less traditional Reykjavik Edition ...

The Yule Cat of Icelandic folklore is a much darker take on the jolly Christmas mythology many of us are familiar with, and ...

COOKING Christmas dinner is stressful as you try and work out all the timings but that’s why I was excited to try Iceland’s ...

In Iceland, the tradition of Jolabokaflod—the Christmas book flood—entails curling up on Christmas Eve with chocolate and a ...

This is a photo of an aurora taken in December 2023 in Djúpivogur, Iceland. It resembles the shape of a Christmas tree. The ...

Kids in the US leave out milk and cookies, but that's not the norm around the world. From beer to rice pudding, see what ...

Given Icelanders’ love of reading, it’s not surprising books became extremely popular Christmas gifts. Then in 1944 (the same year Iceland gained its independence from Denmark), the Iceland ...

COOKING Christmas dinner is stressful as you try and work out all the timings but that's why I was excited to try Iceland's festive feast in a box. For £25 the frozen food supermarket is selling ...