Reykjavík Grapevine - 04.12.2009, Síða 48

STUFFED WITH STUFF ISSUE 18 YOUR FREE COPY
YOUR ESSEnTIal gUIDE TO lIFE, TRavEl anD EnTERTaInmEnT In ICElanD
HÓTEL ÍSLAND
18.
DEC
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2 PAIRS FOR 1
FOR THE EXTRA COLD NIGHTS
OR AS A WARM CHRISTMAS GIFT
If you buy one pair of Icelandic ullarsokkar you will get
the second pair free this December.
PaGE 10:
In October, I got a negative an-
swer from the Minister of Justice.
I asked my lawyer why. She said:
the reason is you don’t have any
relation to Iceland, no friends, no
work and you don’t speak Icelan-
dic. But it’s not true!
The Icelandic government disposed of human
being-slash-asylum seeker Nour Aldin Alaz-
zawi like so much street trash.
PaGE 6:
Give a nation the task of articu-
lating its values and creating a
future general policy for a whole
country. Let’s do it on Saturday,
from 9 to 5. Done and done!
Þórdís Helgadóttir and Eiríkur Kristjánsson
aren’t too sure about the findings of the Na-
tional Assembly.
SPECial XMaS PUlloUT:
jólakort
(yo!-la-kowrt)
Many Icelanders choose to par-
lay greetings to their friends and
loved ones over the holidays via
the mailing of Christmas cards, or
jólakort. They will most often fea-
ture a generic Christmassy motif
and some standard well wishes,
although some use the opportuni-
ties to send along pictures of the
family.
Read our Xmas Encyclopaedia for full disclo-
sure on all things Icelandic Xmas.
PaGE 8:
The Order of the Falcon incident
started out innocently enough:
On April 8, 2009 the office of
president Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson
announced to the then US Am-
bassador van Voorst that she was
being awarded the Order of the
Falcon, the highest recognition of
the Icelandic state.
Michael Zelenko investigates “THE ORDER OF
THE FALCON” incident
SPECial XMaS PUlloUT:
It’s unclear who is being pro-
tected with this tax on umbrellas
and birthday presents. Over the
course of the many arguments
I have had with Tollstjóri, the
majority of customs agents ad-
mit outright how destructive and
absurd these “laws” are.
Sruli Recht is not happy with Tollstjóri.