Yule - Midwinter Festival

This festival has ancient pagan roots and many additional names.This festival has ancient pagan roots and many additional names that have come with time:

On this day, on the outskirts of cities and on specially prepared sites, giant bonfires from last year’s garbage are burned and fireworks are launched.

The holiday "Trettowndinn" (Thirteenth day after Christmas) - it symbolizes the departure of the last of the many local Santa Claus to the mountains.

Yule is considered the “Mother of All Nights”, and the holiday is dedicated to the disams – the female deities of childbirth and destiny.

The traditions of celebration are very close to Christmas. In the house bring and decorate branches of evergreen trees or whole trees. Gifts are placed under the yol tree.

In addition, in Iceland, it is considered a long time ago, if you do not get a new wool clothes for Yule, you can fall out of favor of the Yule Cat: he will come and check if there are new things, and if he does not find, take away a festive lunch (at best) or even children.