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Jól hjá Jóni og Úlú á íslandi og í Kanada
Christmas at Jón and Úlú’s in Iceland and in Canada
Jón Örn Jónsson
Regina, SK
Since coming to Saskatoon,
SK in 1970 Úlú and I have
maintained, as much as possi-
ble, and celebrated the
Christmas customs and tradi-
tions we were brought up with
in Iceland. The big event was
Aðfangadcigur - Christmas Eve
- when we had the mouthwater-
ing ptarmigan supper with
caramelized potatoes, red cab-
bage, green peas and gravy to
die for.
In both our homes the
Christmas tree was decorated
on the evening of the 23rd,
Þorláksmessu, and the presents
placed under it.
Following supper, and after
the dishes had been done, we
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joined hands and walked around
the tree singing Heims um ból, 1
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jarunn and others, until our
childish patience ran out and we
could no longer wait to open the
presents. In those long ago
days, when there was only radio
and not many toys, the most
common and welcome presents
were books, books and more
books. It was not uncommon
for us to receive thirteen, four-
teen books. To this day Úlú and
I enjoy getting at least one book
to peruse over the holidays.
So we went to bed on
Christmas Eve with a stack of
books and stacks of baking and
glasses of milk and read away
into the wee hours of the morn-
ing. When we eventually tum-
bled out of bed, we continued
reading - remember there was
no TV - until the Christmas
Day supper of hangikjöt and
laufabrauð, potatoes, peas, car-
rots and white sauce (uppstú-
/jafningur).
The second day of
Christmas was a day for visiting
with friends and relatives and
the supper was leftovers and
fiskibollur (fish balls) in tomato
sauce served in puff pastries
(tartalettur).
We are not sure if contem-
porary Icelanders still observe
the delightful custom of putting
children’s’ slippers in the win-
dowsill during December until
Christmas Eve for Gluggagœir,
Windowpeeker, tenth of the
thirteen Icelandic jólasveinar,
to put some goodies in their
slippers. Of course we had to be
very good for Gluggagœir to
come to our window, so during
December Icelandic children
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Saskatoon, we didn’t know a
soul, but were welcomed and
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Kristjanson’s family, and during
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Christmas Eve at our house and
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maintained the slipper-in-the-
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Haukur Hávar for two reasons.
He still believed in Santa Claus
and we had windowsills in the
old house we lived in. When we
moved to Regina in 1974, he
was ten and not quite sure that
there was a Santa and there
were no windowsills, so that
was the end of the slipper-in-
the-window custom.
During our first week in
Regina we met Hafsteinn and
Lillian Bjamason, the parents of
the current L-H editor extraordi-
naire. They instantly became
our beloved friends and family,
and with them began the Regina
laufabrauð-makmg tradition in
1975. Laufabrauð originates in
northern Iceland and laufab-
rawd-making was a tradition in
Jón’s home. His parents, being
from Akureyri and Siglufjörður,
invited friends and family to
laufabrauð-mokÁng the first
Sunday in December.
On the first Sunday in
December in 1975 at our home
we introduced between thirty
and forty people to laufabrauð-
making, and in 2003 we are stijl
at it, though with a different and
a smaller cast of characters, and
this time we are introducing
Jónína and Tom Adamcewich to
the fun and Fellowship of the
laufabrauð.
Please see Jól hjá Jóni og
Úlú á Islandi og í Kanada
on Page 8
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