Yes, 'tis the season, and jólasveinarnir are headed for town:
Stekkjastaur - Lock up your sheep!
Icelandic media cautioned children last week that the jólasveinar were having a hard time this year, and to expect more socks and and underwear, and less overpriced plastic imported crap in their shoes this year...
austerity, it is also for half-trolls.
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