Iceland is a place of curious myths and legends. I won't get into all the western gods and monsters that have come out of Iceland, but here for the Christmas Season, I'll introduce you to The Yule Cat.
Sure, the German mountains may have given us Krampus, but over in Iceland there's multiple Christmas folk characters, and, for my dollar, there's nothing says Christmas more than a cat larger than a house who will stalk and murder you on if you (checks notes) did not receive new clothes under the tree.
Suddenly that ugly sweater from Aunty Gertrude is pretty nice, right?
I mean, it seems less than chill to get murdered because no one thought to gift you some new socks, but folk beasts are not always fair. So you make sure you're VERY CLEAR in your Santa Letter that you want pants.
Anyhoo, the idea of sitting at home and looking out the window into the hub-cap sized eye of a cat is pretty spooky stuff and not very jolly.
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