Here at TNPS I adhere firmly to the three-Christmases principle: The pagan winter festival that long predates the birth of Jesus; the Christian celebration of the birth of Jesus; and the commercial Christmas of Santa, trees and twinkling lights and flying reindeer that has nothing whatsoever to do with the belief system of anyone-over- eight-years-old. … Continue reading It’s pronounced “Jol-a-bok-a-flot”. Iceland’s Jólabókaflóð revisited