Monday, January 3, 2011

Santa Clause? How bout 13?

Cause that's how Iceland rolls. Every day for the 13 days before Christmas a new Santa arrives in town and performs some mischievous deed. Christmas celebrates the arrival of all of the Santa (santi?) clauses and they then leave one by one for the thirteen days after Christmas. Of course every Santa must be celebrated in proper fashion so Christmas/New Years turns into a solid 26+ days of partying, which seems to be a common theme when there are only 3 or 4 hours of daylight each day. Speaking of day it's almost 11am and the sky has changed from pitch black to a dark shade of gray so I suppose it's time to go check out the 'ol disco ice skating rink. Hasta pronto!
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  1. ReneeCanalesJanuary 7, 2011 at 5:29 PM

    Fun fact that this prolonged celebration reminded me of:
    The Ottomans of Turkey held circumcision festivals, the longest of which was over 50 days long.

    I think the Santas sound like more fun!

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  2. doomaJanuary 8, 2011 at 10:44 PM

    I DEMAND MORE INFO ABOUT THIS ICE RINK

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