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		<title>Christmas Traditions in Iceland</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Christmas traditions in Iceland are very peculiar. Many of them may well go back to the Viking Age. Christmas in Iceland is closely connected with St. Þorlákur&#8217;s day, which is December 23, when they celebrate Thorláksmessa. St. Þorlákur, 12th century bishop and patron-saint of Iceland, was canonized by John-Paul II as late as in 1985. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Selkies &#8211; Norse Mermaids</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Selkie is a word for &#8216;seal&#8217; found in modern Shetland, Orkney, Caithness and Moray dialects (in Cromarty also sealchie). In Faroese and Scottish mythology selkies (or silkies) are seals who can take the human form when they take off their seal skin. There are several versions as for how often that may happen: some stories [...]]]></description>
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