We have this little guy up on our tree. Þvörusleikir (Spoon-Licker) is the Yule Lad who arrives on 15th Dec. Spoon-Licker was known for being tall, thin, and for stealing long wooden spoons to lick them, hoping to taste something sweet.

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Our Icelandic Yule lad is up on the tree. It's Þvörusleikir, or "Spoon-Licker". As his name implies Spoon Licker licks people's spoons!

This is how Þvörusleikir is described in the popular Yule Lad poem:

The fourth was Spoon Licker;
like spindle he was thin.
He felt himself in clover
when the cook wasn't in.
Then stepping up, he grappled
the stirring spoon with glee,
holding it with both hands
for it was slippery.

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