Our team of thirteen Icelandic Yule lads is quite naughty and each and every one of them has a bad habit! Therefore they all have some strange names such as Door Sniffer, Candle Beggar, Bowl Licker....
But we wouldn’t do without them, they have been with us since the 16th century and luckily for us they have become somewhat nicer during the last century. They’ve even started to leave small gifts in children’s shoes. My own children left their shoes in the window every December until they were at least 10 or 11 years old ...
Icelandic Yule Lads from Wikipedia
