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Doorway Sniffer - Yule Lad Ornament

Sale price$15.99

Gáttaþefur or Doorway Sniffer (22nd Dec.) is the eleventh Yule Lad to make his way down from the mountains.

With his highly sensitive and generously proportioned nose, he can easily detect any delicious baking scents wafting about and will scurry to their source. In the shadows beyond a kitchen door he awaits his chance to steal some fried bread (laufabrauð) and even a cake or two.

Size: in cm: 75mm / 2.95 in

Eleventh was Door Sniffer,
a doltish lad and gross.
He never got a cold, yet had
a huge, sensitive nose.

He caught the scent of lace bread
while leagues away still
and ran toward it weightless
as wind over dale and hill.

AVAILABLE SET OF 14 CHRISTMAS ORNAMENTS

There is a set of Yule Lad-themed Christmas decorations and ornaments set available for you to decorate your Christmas tree or other things to hang them on.

You can also get Christmas figurines with the 13 Icelandic Yule Lads here to decorate your home.

STORY OF THE YULE LADS

The 13 Yule Lads are the sons of Grýla and Leppalúði. They come to town one by one during the last 13 nights before Yule.
Care to know more about the other Christmas lads?

Pickup available at Local Store - Hafnarfjörður

Usually ready in 24 hours

Doorway Sniffer  Gáttaþefur - Icelandic Yule Lads hanging christmas Ornament - icelandicstore.is

Doorway Sniffer - Yule Lad Ornament

Local Store - Hafnarfjörður

Pickup available, usually ready in 24 hours

Miðhella 4

221 Hafnarfjörður
Iceland

+3544455544
5 (3 reviews)
J
2023-01-21
Verified buyer
Love these Yule Lads decorations, remind me of our visit to Iceland every year at Xmas!
Doorway Sniffer - Yule Lad Ornament review
K
2021-07-09
Visiting from the U.K. I stumbled upon the lovely (modern) story of the Yule Lads. I bought the book and 3 ornaments but then wished I had bought them all! Before I left Iceland I managed to find the others on sale with The Icelandic Store. Orri couldn’t have been kinder and just before he left on his weekend break, he got them all boxed up ready for me to fly back to the U.K. with. They are now home and I can’t wait for Christmas! Lovely ornaments and a lovely new, borrowed, tradition. Thank you Iceland, thank you Orri :)
D
2021-01-03
I originally bought three of the Yule lads. My moms family was from Iceland and I have always loved seeing the Yule lads and their antics each December. They arrived early so I was able to put the ornaments on my tree before Christmas. They brought me so much joy I ordered the rest of them! Can’t wait to put them all on my tree next year. They are so well made and a reasonable price.
Doorway Sniffer  Gáttaþefur - Icelandic Yule Lads hanging christmas Ornament - icelandicstore.is
Doorway Sniffer - Yule Lad Ornament Sale price$15.99
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