Lögberg-Heimskringla - 05.12.2003, Blaðsíða 8

page 8 • Lögberg-Heimskringla • 5 December 2003
Continued from Page 7
Jól hjá Jóni og Úlú á íslandi og í Kanada
Christmas at Jón and Úlú’s in Iceland and in Canada
Enjoying the laufrabrauð of their labour, from Ieft: Kristinn,
Haukur, Sandra, Jordan, Jón and Lillian
They will join the regular
stalwarts, Kristinn and Lillian
Thorarinson from Saskatoon,
Stella Stephanson from Elfros
and our son Haukur Hávar and
family Sandra and Jordan.
Following the making of
the dough, the rolling, the dec-
orating and the frying, the par-
ticipants celebrate Littlu-Jól,
sitting down to a meal of lau-
fabrauð, hangikjtít from
Iceland and Gimli, with the
white sauce, potatoes, green
peas, carrots and wild rice,
served with white wine, red
wine and malt og appelsín that
is a mix of dark beer and
orange crush served ice cold, a
custom from Úlú’s and Jón’s
childhood Christmases.
From 1977 until they
returned to Iceland in 2002 we
shared and celebrated
Christmases with Baldvin and
Margrét Júlíusson and their
children Svava, Oddný and
Baddi and later on their grand-
children. We alternated
Christmas Eves and Christmas
Days at our respective homes.
And, though we did not have
room to walk around the tree,
we joined hands and sang
Christmas songs after the dish-
es were done and prior to the
gift opening. The Christmas
Day meal was always
hangikjtít and laufabrauð, and
the Christmas Eve dinner a
flambéed saddle or leg of
lamb.
In both the Júlíussons and
Jónssons homes in Iceland,
ptarmigan was the traditional
Christmas Eve fare, but
ptarmigan was not available in
Saskatchewan, so we made do
with lamb. Until that memo-
rable 1982 Christmas Eve
when we feasted on ptarmigan,
courtesy of a seventy-some-
year-old vestur-íslendingur,
John Lindal of Lynn Lake,
MB.
Baldvin and Jón certainly
thought they had entered gas-
tronomic heaven and gorged
themselves as if this would be
their last meal. It took them
three quarters of an hour to
walk their gluttony off and be
ready for gift opening. John
again supplied us with ptarmi-
gan for Christmas 1983. That
time Baldvin and Jón showed
more couth and restraint. John
would not take any payment
for the birds, but we were able
to show a small token of our
appreciation by sending him
an Icelandic sweater and blan-
ket.
Thanks to Úlú our home is
extensively, tastefully and fes-
tively decorated, with some
decorations dating back to our
childhoods. There are many
and varied mobiles fluttering
in ceilings in all rooms and
candles galore. Among our
Christmas tree decorations are
gingerbread people and hous-
es, home-made hand-woven
multicoloured paper bags
filled with candy and our
Christmas tree lights are elec-
tric candles, reminding us of
the real lit candles of our
childhoods.
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Making laufabrauð, from left: Kristinn, Lillian, Haukur, Jordan
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