Christmas in Iceland

In Iceland we have 13 Santas or Yule lads. They used to be evil and steal and scare people, and their names are combined with what they used to do. But today, people are not afraid of the Yule lads and there is a tradition that the kids put their shoes in their bedroom window when the Santas come to town one by one every night from December 12th to 24th, and give the children small presents in their shoes. This tradition is equirilant to the English stocking on Christmas Eve.
The Yule lads live in a mountain with their mother and father, named Grýla and Leppalúði. Grýla is not the children’s favorite, because she boils naughty kids in her huge caserolle and eats them afterwards.
But it’s not enough just to avoid being naughty at Christmas-time, because if you don’t get new clothes to wear on Christmas Eve, the “Christmas Cat” will come and eat you.