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Christmas in Iceland
This site describes various ways that Christmas is celebrated in Iceland. Includes pages devoted to the transition from solstice to Christmas, decorations and preparations, St. Thorlákur's Mass, children, food, the Christmas Cat, the Yule Lads (13 mischievous trolls), Christmas Eve, and Threttándinn (the 13th day, also known as Twelfth Night). Includes some Icelandic Christmas vocabulary and related links. From the Embassy of Iceland in Washington, D.C.
http://www.iceland.org/us/the-embassy/curiosities/nr/757

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