The Thirteenth Day
06.01.2022
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Photo: María H. Tryggvadóttir
The last day of Icelandic Christmas season is today – 6th of January. This day is called Þrettándinn – the thirteenth day from Christmas Eve. Many folklores are connected to this day. Magical stories about how cows start to talk, seals change their appearance into a human form and elves move their homes.
On this day many Icelanders take down their Christmas decorations and in a normal year the day would be celebrated with bonfires and fireworks - but hopefully 2023 will be more "back to normal" and perhaps you will be visiting us then