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Þvörusleikir – The Icelandic Yule Lads

jolasveinar-whatson-thvorusleikirTonight, Þvörusleikir (Spoon Licker), the fourth of the thirteen Icelandic Yule lads, will come to town! Have you been naughty or nice? Will you get candy or a potato?

Þvörusleikir is extremely tall and skinny, which might have had some influence on his love for wooden spoons. He waits patiently for the work to be finished in the kitchen before he, quick as a flash, grabs the dirty spoons and licks them.

Read about all the Icelandic Yule Lads and their extended family here.

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