Icelandic Yule Lad - Door Slammer
Hurðaskellir, the seventh Yule Lad (18 December) · hand-painted figure with his door, designed by Brian Pilkington · about 12 cm tall
For the house where a door always bangs, and for whoever does the banging. He is not after your food. He has his knees bent, one hand on the handle and a grin, and the plank door comes with him.
Door Slammer at a glance
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- The door is part of the figure
- Designed by Brian Pilkington
- Cast and painted by hand
Hurðaskellir, Door Slammer, is the seventh of Iceland's thirteen Yule Lads and comes to town on 18 December. He is not after the food. According to the National Museum of Iceland he went about slamming doors, so that people could hardly get any rest.
The figure comes with his door: rough planks, cross-battens, a black handle and a latch. He has his knees bent, one hand flat on the wood and the other on the handle, and he is grinning. About 12 cm tall, on a red base lettered HURÐASKELLIR. Designed by Brian Pilkington and painted by hand. A booklet in English comes in the box. Decorative, not a toy.
Product facts
- Character
- Hurðaskellir (Door Slammer), the seventh of the 13 Yule Lads, with his door
- Comes to town
- 18 December
- Height
- about 12 cm (4.8 in)
- Design
- Brian Pilkington
- Brand
- Sólarfilma
- Finish
- painted by hand
- In the box
- the figure in a clear window box, with a small booklet in English about the 13 Yule Lads, Grýla, Leppalúði and the Yule Cat
- Good to know
- a display figure, not a toy
- EAN
- 5690666388076
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Why you'll love it
- He just wants the bangIn the National Museum of Iceland's telling he went about slamming doors, so that people could hardly get any rest. That is the whole of his crime.
- He still does it at the museumThe National Museum in Reykjavík says the Yule Lads have been visiting it each December since 1988, one a day, and that Door Slammer slams its doors every time.
- Drawn from what he doesBrian Pilkington has said the old verses hardly describe how the lads look, so he worked out each one's appearance from his habits. Hence the bent knees and the firm grip on the handle.
- A present with the joke built inOne reviewer calls him a great gift and trusts him to see that the doors at home get shut loudly.
- Often one of a pairReviewers mention buying him together with Window Peeper, and a son-in-law who has collected the lads ever since a family visit to Iceland.
- The price you see is the price you payUS and Canada duties and taxes are settled at checkout.
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The noisy one, with the other fifteen
Door Slammer is the seventh of thirteen brothers. The full set brings all of them, with Grýla, Leppalúði and the Yule Cat, in one order and for less per figure than buying one at a time.
Icelandic Yule Lad - Door Slammer Yule Lads Figures - Set of all 16
$571.90 for both
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