The Friends of the Library, and any other volunteers that wish to help, will meet at the library at noon on Sunday, November 21st to decorate the library's front windows for the holiday. If you would like to, please bring decoration items that fit the theme.
Our theme will be "Jolabokaflod," Iceland's "Christmas Book Flood" tradition. Each year on Christmas Eve, Icelandic friends and family traditionally give each other books. They then spend the evening drinking hot cocoa and reading.
The tradition started during World War II, when almost everything was heavily rationed in Iceland-- except paper. Giving books as gifts became a tradition that has lasted into the present day.
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