Yule Lads Ornaments - Set of all 14
The 13 Icelandic Yule Lads and the Yule Cat · 14 hand-painted hanging ornaments designed by Brian Pilkington · each boxed, about 7.5–9 cm
A set for the tree you will dress for years. One family planned to hang one lad a day in the run-up to Christmas, the way they arrive in Iceland. Another customer had brought two home from a trip and has now completed all fourteen.
What is in the set
- Free shipping over $149 — US, Canada & Europe
- US & Canada — duties & taxes settled at checkout
- Ships worldwide from Iceland with tracking
- One lad a night, 12 to 24 December
- Fourteen poses, each painted by hand
- 14 window boxes, an English booklet in each
All thirteen Icelandic Yule Lads and the Yule Cat, as fourteen hand-painted hanging ornaments designed by Brian Pilkington. In Iceland the lads come down from the mountains one a night from 12 December, Sheep-Cote Clod first and Candle Beggar last on Christmas Eve, each after his own favourite thing: skyr, sausages, spoons, a peek through the window.
Each ornament shows its lad in his own pose inside a red ring lettered with his Icelandic name in gold, and comes in its own clear window box with a small English booklet. Most are about 7.5 cm (3 in). Tree decorations, not toys. Every ornament is also sold singly, and the matching figures come as a set of 16.
Product facts
- Contents
- 14 hanging ornaments, the 13 Yule Lads and Jólakötturinn, the Yule Cat
- The lads
- Stekkjarstaur, Giljagaur, Stúfur, Þvörusleikir, Pottasleikir, Askasleikir, Hurðaskellir, Skyrgámur, Bjúgnakrækir, Gluggagægir, Gáttaþefur, Ketkrókur, Kertasníkir
- Size
- about 7.5 cm (3 in) each; Giljagaur and Bjúgnakrækir about 9 cm (3.5 in), by the maker's measurements
- Design
- Brian Pilkington
- Brand
- Sólarfilma
- Finish
- painted by hand
- Hangs from
- a gold-coloured cord loop on each
- Packing
- each ornament in its own clear window box, with a small booklet in English about the 13 Yule Lads and the Yule Cat
- Good to know
- tree decorations, not toys
Shipping, duties & returns
Shipping — DHL Express worldwide, fully tracked. Rates & times
US & Canada duties — collected at checkout; nothing to pay on delivery. How it works
Returns — unused items in original condition within 30 days; see our returns policy.
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Why you'll love it
- A countdown with a story each nightThe lads come down from the mountains one at a time, from 12 December to Christmas Eve. Hang one each evening and the tree fills up as they arrive.
- From bogeymen to gift-bringersThey began as trolls used to frighten children, and in 1746 a public decree told parents to stop, the National Museum of Iceland records. Only in the 20th century did they start leaving gifts in shoes.
- No two alikeEvery one has his own pose, and most carry their loot: a milk pail, two spoons, a pot, a bowl lid, a key, a bowl of skyr, sausages, a window frame, a joint and a hook, a candle.
- The artist behind themBrian Pilkington has illustrated Icelandic books since 1981 and designed this series for Sólarfilma, a souvenir publisher founded in 1961.
- Eleven of twelve reviews give five starsBuyers write about a keepsake for the tree for many years, and about the folklore as much as the ornaments.
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