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For the holidays, here's an Icelandic tradition of book-giving

Jolabokaflod or the Christmas book flood is the Icelandic Christmas eve book tradition.

jolabokaflod or the Christmas book flood is the Icelandic Christmas eve book tradition. Image: Unsplash/Nick Fewings

Douglas Broom
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A book at bedtime on Christmas Eve: The origins of Jólabókaflóð are a little more recent, dating from the wartime years of the 1940s.
A book at bedtime on Christmas Eve: The origins of Jólabókaflóð are a little more recent, dating from the wartime years of the 1940s. Image: Unsplash/Mark Zamora.

A book cover of 'Bókatíðindi' with a father Christmas cartoon. Jólabókaflóð
An edition of the Bókatíðindi, an annual catalogue of all the books published in Iceland that year, which is sent to every household. Image: Association of Icelandic Book Publishers.
Apart from the annual Jólabókaflóð, Icelanders are spending more and more on books and reading materials.
Apart from the annual Jólabókaflóð, Icelanders are spending more and more on books and reading materials. Image: Statista.
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