That's all of the Yule lads. They hang around until Christmas Day when they start to go back to the mountains one be one. The last one leaves on January 6th and the Icelanders celebrate with big bonfires and fireworks. The Icelanders will use any excuse to shoot off fireworks- it's pretty spectacular.
Hurdaskellir, or Door Slammer, slams doors in the middle of the night to startle the family out of their sleep on those long, cold Icelandic winter nights.
He sneaks into the sheep pen and tries to steal the ewes' milk. 
This month I put together a little packet of cards I made with a template I got from Little Brown Pen on etsy (link to the Little Brown Pen blog is in the right column of this page under 'Crafty Sites'). In the packet were 2 standard size cards, 4 gift tags and a matchbook notepad- and I found these cute little pencils at Staples.
There he is waving to me on his way in.
Bill the Goat and the Army Mule get rowdy.
President Bush officiated the coin toss.
Santa, obviously a Navy fan, was sitting a couple of rows ahead of us.
President Bush sat on the Army side during the first half of the game (because, they were the home team), but at half time he came over the winning side.
And, of course, the best part...
My brother supplied a pretty terrific post-game taligait barbeque.
Not to be left out of the fun, Will stayed in Bedford and went with Grandma, his friends Jamie and Ava, and their mom to breakfast with Santa. By all reports, it was a lot of fun. Good thing it was over in time for Santa to make it to the game.
