JOLABOKAFLOD Definition & Meaning

jolabokaflod

[ yoh-luh-boh-kuh-flawd, joh- ]

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an Icelandic tradition in which books are given as Christmas presents and opened on December 24, after which the evening is spent reading the books: from a practice begun in 1944, when paper goods were among the most available items in postwar Iceland.

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51�Թ� History and Origins

First recorded in 2015–20; from Icelandic ��ó��ó�첹�ڱ�óð��ð; literally, “(the) Christmas book flood,” a tradition in Iceland dating from 1944; from ��ó�� “Christmas” + ��ó�� “book” + �ڱ�óð “flood” + -��ð, suffixed neuter article; Yule ( def ), book ( def ), flood ( def )

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In Iceland, it is called the jolabokaflod, or the “Christmas book flood.”

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I've always been really taken by the Icelandic tradition of Jolabokaflod, or the "Christmas Book Flood."

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"In December I organized a Jolabokaflod book exchange on Twitter," Cornett said.

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So many books are released in the run-up to Christmas that they call it the Jolabokaflod, the Christmas Book Flood.

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This time of year sees the "jolabokaflod", or Christmas Book Flood, when most books are published.

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