We love your Santas!

Mr Purves' class have just looked at your Icelandic Santas. We found them very different from our Santa (we only have one!) but we enjoyed reading about them very much.

We would like to ask you all some questions:-

Which one is your favourite Santa? Why?
The information is very interesting- does everyone in Iceland know about them?
Which Santa do you like least? Why?
Which Santa do you think is the funniest?

Thank you for this great information!
If you would like to see our class blog then click to read.

Our Christmas decorations

In class, we have been making decorations in preparation for our school Christmas dinner, which we enjoyed yesterday. We all made our own table decorations, some of which you can see below.

Jecky forty-feet made a Santa decoration.


Lang Syne's decoration was based on elves.


Corbett's decoration was very colourful!


Crannog (above) and Tod (below) made Santas with elves.


Here you can see some of us at our Christmas lunch.

Icelandic Santa Clauses

Our class is going to tell you about the Icelandic Santa Clauses.
In Iceland there are 13 Santa’s. They are called Jolasveinar which means, Christmas Boys. They have been a part of the Icelandic Christmas tradition for a long time. Grýla and Leppalúði are their parents. They are frightenful creatures and have a reputation for snatching and eating children who are naughty.
When stories about the Jolasveinar first appeared, they were scary creatures just like their parents. Over the years, they have become milder, gentler creatures who are fun to be around.
The Icelandic Santa Clauses come one by one, and start arriving 13 days before Christmas.

Stekkjastaur

Stekkjastaur is the fyrst Santa Claus to arrive. He is the biggest and the oldest brother, he also want to be the boss. Stekkjastaur can be really aggressive and very mad if the younger brothers irritate him. Stekkjasur has a wooden leg.

Giljagaur

Gully gawk is number two of the Santa Clauses to arrive. He is the biggest and the strongest of the brothers. He is shy with the grownups but has fun with kids. He is very modes and doesn’t want anyone to see him. He has a hard time hiding so he puts his hat over his eyes. He doesn’t like the light’s but is satisfied with the Northern lights.

Þvörusleikir

The fourth Santa Claus is Þvörusleikir. He is a ball of fire in the group who tells endless jokes to everyone that are around him – but mostly to him self. Þvörusleikir loves spoons and licks them even though they are not clean.

Stúfur

Stúfur is the third Santa Claus. He is the smallest of his brother but he is self-assured. He thinks he is smarter than his bigger brothers and tells funny stories where he is a big hero. Stúfur is so small that he needs to take four steps when his brothers take one.

Pottaskefill

Pottaskefill or Pot-Scraper is number five. He likes the same food as Þvörusleikir or Spoon-Lickes. They love food leftovers. When Pot Scraper is around you don’t need a dishwasher because he licks all the dishes for you. Pot Scraper is very much afraid of the cold but he dances to get warm. Pot-Scraper is a prankster and thinks it is fun to tease Spoon-Licker.

Hurðaskellir

Hurðaskellir is the seventh to come to town. Hurðaskellir is not the biggest Santa Claus but he makes the most noise. He likes to slam doors and let the houses vibrate. One time he slammed a door in the Santa cave in Dimmuborgum so hard that it scattered in to a toothpick. Hurðaskellir is a good singer and sings the highest of the entire Santa’s. He makes the most noise when he dances around the Christmas tree.

Askasleikir

Askasleikir is the sixth to come to town. He loves to lick leftovers from an old type of bowl called askur. He is very messy but very nice. Askasleikir dreams of hooking an old pot to eat out of. He can be unlucky and tends to fall allot.

Bjúgnakrækir

The ninth Santa Claus is Bjúgnakrækir. Bjúgnakrækir means that he loves sausage and he swipes them whenever he can. He does not understand how Skyrgámur can live eating skyr the Icelandic yoghurt because he only wants to eat sausage. Obviously he gets excited when he sees’ sausages and puts ten sausages in his mouth at a time. Sometimes you can see tomato sauce and mustard in his mustache.

Skyrgámur

Skyrgámur is the eight Santa Clause to arrive. He is friendly and very calm. He often falls asleep standing up. His favorite moments are when he sits in his chair all day and rubs his tummy and eats Icelandic skyr. Skyr is an Icelandic type of yogurt and that is where Skyrgámur gets his name from. He loves children and is good at calming the most difficult children by telling them a good story.

Gluggagægir

The tenth Santa Clause is Gluggagægir. Gluggagægir means: Someone is always peeking by your window. He is tremendously curious and he puts his nose on the window to watch the kids. But Gluggagægir is not just a spy, he is also a gadget man. His favorite thing to do is screw things apart and then tries to put them together again. It doesn’t always go so well and sometimes you can see screws and wires all over the place in their cave.

Gáttaþefur

Gáttaþefur is the eleventh Santa Clause to arrive in town. Gáttaþefur means a Santa with a big and strange nose. His nostrils are so wide he can smell Icelandic bread all the way from Bárðardal. Icelandic bread is his favorite food and he wants it with a lot of butter. If Gáttaþefur has not found a good food smell for a long time his nose gets smaller like a little pimple. And then it gets bigger like a balloon when he smells food again.

Kjötkrókur

On Þorlaksmessu , the day before Christmas, kjötkrókur gets up and comes to town. He is little bit different from his brothers because on him is a sharp hook. Before he used the hook to hook up smoked lamb through the chimney houses. Now Kjötkrókur sneaks around shops and tries to hook up smoked lamb out of shopping karts from people. Kjotkrokur is lively and a fun guy and as fun as Door-Slammer. He has fun in sports even though he isn’t good in anyone except jumping over heystacks.

Kertasníkir

Kertasníkir is the last, number 13 to come to the town. He comes to town on Christmas morning with a full bag of Christmas presents. Many kids leave candles in their shoes for Kertasníki and he uses them to light up Dimmuborgir. Kertasníkir is the best friend to all children. He is a good messenger of the Christmas spirit and wishes everyone peace and happiness.

Reading the blog from Scotland

This morning the 5th class was in the computer room reading the blog from Yester school. They were commenting at the blog and they liked it. They are hoping they will get some good blog friends from Scotland. You can see us in the computer room on the picture.

Hello everyone- from P5/6 in Yester!

A huge "Hello" to everyone in Flataskoli from all of us here in Yester's P5/6 class!
Here we are as a class, and we are also sending you our individual introductions, which you can read in detail below.
We hope you enjoy meeting us, and also reading the comments we have left over the past few days on your introductions.
Great to meet you!

Hi, I'm Diamond

Hi I am Diamond. I have not written a blog before, so I am quite excited! I love Yester Primary School! I live with my mum, dad, my little brother, and my little sister. I love sports, and spending time with my family. I am usually very busy after school and have a lot on my plate, Such as clubs! Monday is the only day I am free after school! On Tuesday I have drama, on Wednesday I have yester after school club [which is fantastic] and I also have swimming, on Thursday I have brownies and on Friday I have swimming again!!!
So as you can probably guess I am relieved and exhausted when the weekend comes! Enough about what I do, more about things I like! My favourite colour is turquoise, My favourite animal is either a bunny or a kangaroo! [I like things that hop]!!!

Hello from Yester- I'm Haggis

Hello, my name is Haggis. I am a ten year old from the village called Humbie. My favorite food is Chinese. I have a dog called Ebony, a cat called Sugar, a rabbit called Hopper, a hamster called Nibbles, six hens and two fish. My hobbies are riding and skiing.

Hi Iceland, I'm Shortbread!

Hello my name is Shortbread. I am 9 years old. I have no pets although I did have a fish called twinkletwos but very sadly he died last year. I have 1 sister and no brothers. I have a sister, who is 14. My favourite food is lemon drizzle cake and salami. My favourite sport is hockey and I go to Yester Primary School but fir my first 4 years of primary school I went to The Compass School in Haddington. I also live in Haddington so I drive to school and park on the main road and walk up to the school. I live with my mum, dad and my sister.

Hello from Corbett!

I am a girl and I am ten years old. I have blue eyes and light brown hair. I have one sister and she is twelve. My Mum works as a homeopath and my Dad is a statistician. I LOVE animals. Especially horses, penguins and cats. I have three cats except one of our cats, Ollie got lost. We have a black cat named Dinah. Dinah is very friendly and purrs loudly. The other cat is named Leo, he’s a bit feisty so you have to watch out. I like watching Friends on telly.

Hi from Tod!

My name is Tod . I have 5 sisters. I have a motorbike that is 100 cc but I have also ridden a 125cc.
I am 10 years old. I really, really like to build stuff like how I once made a windmill out of K-NEX and a helicopter, a plane and more. I hope to hear from you all soon.

Hi from Cleg

Hi everyone. My name is Cleg. It's nice to meet you all. I live in Gifford. I'm eleven years old. At school, I like maths. I look forward to hearing from you.

Hello Flataskoli!

Hi there! My name is Monarch and I am 10 years old. My hobbies are rugby and football. I have one sister and a younger brother. I live near to Gifford on a farm. My favourite subject at school is ICT. Hope to hear from you all soon!

Hello, I'm Sporran!

My name is Sporran. I live in Gifford with my mum, dad and sister. I have lots of relatives that live in Gifford.
My Granny and Grandad live in Park Crescent and so does my Great Gran. I have quite a few Great Aunts and Great Uncles in the village too. I have quite a few hobbies that I enjoy, like football, rugby, tennis, golf, baseball, bowls and building K`NEX models.

Hi from Blackie

Hello! My name is Blackie. I am 10 years old. I have a mum, a dad, a sister and a dog called Solti. My favourite food is cucumber, but I also like pasta. I like swimming and dancing. I also like to ride my bijke, read books and paint. My best friend in the class is Lang Syne.

Hi Iceland, I'm Gouden aigle!

Hi everyone! My name is gouden aigle and I am nine years old. My hobbies are making K-Nex models, basketball, football, reading and painting. My favourite food is pepperoni pizza. My best friend is jakey-forty-feet. Hope to hear from you soon.

Hello, I'm Waasp!

Hello my name is Waasp and I am 9 years old. My mum works for Mars the chocolate company and my Dad works as an Engineer. I have one brother he is four years old. I go to school in Gifford. In the town we have a co-op food shop and a paper shop called Hogg’s. There is a large Church and two hotels.
My favourite sport is Football, I support Manchester United. I have three friends that live on my street and we go to the woods to play. It takes ten minutes to walk to school. My favourite food is lasagne. I have three pets, two cats and one dog.

Hi Flataskoli, from Bumbee

Hi there, my name is Bumbee! I am 9 years old. I am Scottish and I go to Yester school. My favourite football team is Rangers. I have two brothers and one sister. My dad is a milkman. Write soon!

Hello from Doo

Hi, my name is Doo. I am 10 years old. I have two cats. I love to swim but don't go very often. I love to draw too, but I don't think I am very good at it! I hope to get to talk to you all a bit more soon, and I hope we all have fun on this blog.

Hi Iceland, from Lang Syne!

Hello. My name is Lang Syne . I am a girl. I have blonde hair and grey eyes. I have one sister. She is twelve years old. My hobby is riding my pony. My favourite food is macaroni cheese.

Hi Iceland, I'm Highland!

My name is Highland. I’m 10 years old. I have brown eyes and hair. My favourite colours are yellow and pink! I have 5 pets. I have 4 cats their names are Biba, Mimi, Sooty and Mr A and I have one dog called Jock. My favourite food is spaghetti. My hobbies are dancing, singing, horse riding, collating hats and collating prises.

Hello from Tatties

Hello everyone! My name is Tatties and I am 10 years old. I have a dog called Scooby. I have two sisters and a big brother.My favourite food is fish and chips. My favourite sport is mini-motos (motorbikes) and I have a moto-cross bike too.

Hi, I'm Capercaillie!

My name is Capercaillie. I am ten years old. I live with my mum and my big brother and, last but not least, my dog Hamish.
I live in Gifford which is a large village in the Scottish hills. It's near a town called Haddington in East Lothian. It is also close to the capital city of Scotland Edinburgh.

Hello from Broch

Hi Iceland- my name is Broch. I am 9 years of age and I live at Broadwoodside Cottage in Gifford.
I attend Yester Primary School where I also go to Cubs. There are 2 pigs in a field outside my house and I have an old dog called Daisy.

Hello from Crannog

My name is Crannog. I am ten years old. I have two brothers. I have dark brown eyes and brown hair. I have just moved house. I wear glasses. I like playing football and hockey. I like eating chicken nuggets and chocolate cake. My favourite drink is Sprite. I like going to Spain for my holidays. My favourite football team is Liverpool and my favourite player is Fernando Torres.

Hi from Osprey!

My name is Osprey. I am ten years old. I have five pets, I have a hamster, rabbit, and three fish. I have a sister who is thirteen. My favourite food is meat-feast pizza. I love music, especially Michael Jackson.

Hi, from Yester!

Hello- My name is Jecky forty-feet. My favourite football team is Celtic. I am 9 years old. My hobbies are football and cubs. I love reading The Chronicles of Narnia. I have no brothers or sisters, but I do have a cat called Alfie. Look forward to hearing from you all!

Hello from Maggie!

My name is Maggie. I live in Gifford. I like football and my favourite football team is Newcastle United. I have one little brother and one little sister. My favourite food is Tacos. My favourite book is Harowits Horror. My favourite hobby is swimming. Hope to hear from you soon!