The merging of the gift-giving custom with the Icelandic Yule Lads has in about the last half century resulted in the tradition of children placing a shoe in their windowsill
The area contains fossilized evidence of plants from the latter part of the Tertiary Period
the last one leaving on the 13th day of Christmas (January 6th)
Text on back of card: Hverfell - an awe-inspiring explosive crater formed about 2
In medieval times it was considered the entrance to hell
Hverasvæðið Við Námafjall '10 The merging of the gift-givingText on back of card: Dotted with steampits and mudpits, the solfatara region by Nmafjall, Mvatn is barren with its acid, sulphuric, high temperature soil resulting in vivid ground color. In 1974, this geothermal region, as well as all of Sktustaahreppur, was declared a preserved natural site. Str: 148 mm 5,8 in.