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Icelandic Yule Lads traditionally visit Icelandic children at Christmas. They either give them gifts or leave potatoes in their shoes, depending on their behaviour.

Which Icelandic Yule Lad Are You Most Like?

English translation: Sheep-Pen Clod. This is the first Yule Lad to come, on 12 December. He likes to harass sheep but is slightly impaired due to his peg legs.

Stekkjarstaur

English translation: Gully Gawk. This is the second Yule Lad to come, on 13 December. He is known to hide in the farmer's barn and steal the milk when the farmer is not looking.

Giljagaur

English translation: Stubby. As the third Yule Lad to come, on 14 December, Stúfur likes to steal leftover food from plates.

Stúfur

English translation: Spoon-licker. This Yule Lad is the fourth lad to come, on 15 December. He is extremely thin due to malnutrition. He does, however, likes to lick wooden spoons used to stir food.

Þvörusleikir

English translation: Pot Scraper. This is the fifth lad to come, on 16 December. He is known to steal the leftovers from the pots left out.

Pottaskefill

English translation: Bowl licker. As the sixth lad to come, on 17 December, Askasleikir likes to hide under the bed and lick the bowls left out for the household pets.

Askasleikir

English translation: Sausage swiper. This is the ninth yule lad to come, on 20 December. He loves to eat sausages so much that he hides in the rafters and swipes sausages left out to be smoked.

Bjúgnakrækir

English translation: Doorway sniffer. This is the 11th yule lad to come, on 22 December. With an abnormally large nose and acute sense of smell, he sniffs out bread which he then tries to steal.

Gáttaþefur

English translation: Meat hook. This is the 12th Icelandic yule lad to come, on 23 December. He is crazy about meat, and uses a long meat hook to snatch meat that is being cooked over the fireplace.

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