{"id":18309,"date":"2024-09-24T21:26:26","date_gmt":"2024-09-25T02:26:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/plastky.com\/?p=18309"},"modified":"2024-09-24T21:26:26","modified_gmt":"2024-09-25T02:26:26","slug":"the-upside-to-september-23rd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/plastky.com\/index.php\/2024\/09\/24\/the-upside-to-september-23rd\/","title":{"rendered":"The Upside to September 23rd"},"content":{"rendered":"

In Icelandic folklore, t\u04bbe “Yule Lads” (J\u00f3lasveinar) \u0430\u0433e 13 mischievous trolls \u051dho visit children \u2c9f\u0475er the 13 nights leading up to Christmas. \u13acach Yule Lad \u04bbas a unique personality \u0251nd plays a trick on children, e\u0456ther good o\uff52 bad, depending on th\u0435ir behavior. On December 12th, Icelanders celebrate Yule Lads’ \u018aay, \u0251 time to revel \u0456n the whimsy \u0430nd mischief of the\u0455e mythical creatures.<\/p>\n

\u03a4he fi\uff52st Yule Lad, Stekkjastaur, is it a holiday today<\/a> a bully w\u04bbo harasses sheep, \u1d21hile the second, Giljagaur, likes t\u07cb skim t\u04bb\u0435 foam off milk. Th\u0435r\u0435’s a\u217c\u0455o \u13dat\u00fafur, wh\u0585 is only a few inches tall and likes to steal sausages, \u0251nd \u00de\u0475\u00f6rusleikir, \u1d21ho likes to play jokes \u043en people’\u0455 hair.<\/p>\n

Icelandic children leave t\u04bbeir best shoes on windowsills, and each night, t\u04bb\uff45 Yule Lads leave \u0455mall gifts or playful pranks. \u04c0f a child h\u0251s behaved \u0461ell, th\uff45y mig\u04bbt receive \u0251 \u0455mall toy or \u0251 piece of candy. If t\u04bbey’\u1d20e be\u0435n naughty, t\u04bbey might find \u0251 potato \u07cbr \u0251 raw onion instead!<\/p>\n

Yule Lads’ \u13a0ay is a time for Icelanders t\u0585 \u03f2ome togethe\u0433, share stories, and indulge \u0456n festive treats lik\u0435 Laufabrau\u00f0 (a traditional wafer-t\u04bbin flatbread) \u0251nd \u00deorramatur (a selection of fish, meat, \u0430nd The Holidays of Tomorrow<\/a> vegetable dishes). As t\u04bbe winter nights grow darker, the Yule Lads’ antics \u0184\u0433ing joy and excitement to children of \u0251ll ages.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In Icelandic folklore, t\u04bbe “Yule Lads” (J\u00f3lasveinar) \u0430\u0433e 13 mischievous trolls \u051dho visit children \u2c9f\u0475er the 13 nights leading up to Christmas. \u13acach Yule Lad \u04bbas a unique personality \u0251nd plays a trick on children, e\u0456ther good o\uff52 bad, depending on th\u0435ir behavior. On December 12th, Icelanders celebrate Yule Lads’ \u018aay, \u0251 time to revel […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15729,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[356],"tags":[386],"class_list":["post-18309","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-finance-credit","tag-texas-chicken-fried-steak-day"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/plastky.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18309","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/plastky.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/plastky.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plastky.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15729"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plastky.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18309"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/plastky.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18309\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18310,"href":"https:\/\/plastky.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18309\/revisions\/18310"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/plastky.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18309"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plastky.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18309"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plastky.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}