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REYKJAVIK, Iceland－In the land of the Sagas, it isn't Christmas if there isn't a deluge of books under the tree－literally. The Jolabokaflod, or Christmas Book Flood, is a much-loved tradition that has ...

Hannah Kent is the reason I went to Iceland. Her award-winning first novel Burial Rites (2013) is a speculative biography of ...

In Iceland, for instance, the Christmas Book Flood takes center stage, encouraging one to gift books to those they love. This leads to a massive surge in book sales during December, as families ...

Ten or so years ago, I learned about the Icelandic tradition of Jólabókaflóðið that translates to “the Christmas book flood” in English ... the world and especially in the remote country of Iceland.

or “Christmas Book Flood,” the Icelandic tradition of giving books as presents on Christmas Eve. Despite its small size, Iceland is a literary stronghold. There may only be 380,000 inhabitants, but ...

Every Dec. 24 in Iceland, there is a Jolabokaflod or "Christmas book flood," where books are gifted and enjoyed with hot cocoa. One Icelandic proverb says, “it's better to be without shoes than ...

SEATTLE – There’s a celebrated but somewhat romanticized Icelandic tradition called Jólabókafló, or “Christmas book flood,” where ... would have us believe, Iceland is no international ...

Christmas Eve is celebrated in Iceland with a book swap ... tradition is called a Jólabókaflód — think Christmas book flood — and dates to 1944. This year on Christmas Eve, my family ...

‘Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the house, not a creature was stirr- wait, people were reading books and sipping hot chocolate? Sorry, Clement ...

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