Feasts and Drinking – A Look at Iceland’s Christmas Traditions
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Iceland’s version of Christmas is called Yule/Jol and began before the advent of Christianity. The “drinking of Yule” was part of the Yule celebrations in the Icelandic Sagas. Many stories and poems refer to the feasts, farmers drinking Yule ale together, and bringing back malt from America to make the ale. Chieftains would invite many [...]
