Lesser-Known Christmas Folklore Characters
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Intro and outro song:
"Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G, Movement I (Allegro), BWV 1049" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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" If you find yourself rap battling a horse skull in South Wales, it's normal I guess"
- Sam O'nella
Let's take some time to realise what he just said
We have Vasilica (a pig head, all dressed up on a pike), going with a crew of young boys around the village to sing before xmas. But you are supposed to open the door, give them money, wine and traditional deserts.
Pre-comercial-era xmas is fascinating in old cultures. You can thank Coca Cola for bringing you the old jolly Santa , with raindeers and gifts.
@@cristinamirelasoare2969 thank you Coca Cola corporation (unironically)
Honestly rap battling a demon sounds awesome, kinda like the tribute music video
@@TheLegonautam Welsh. It's actually pretty cool. I like the concept.
So that cat 100% just exists so that kids won’t complain about getting clothes instead of toys right?
My high school history teacher explained that getting clothes meant you worked hard to help out your family throughout the year and this wore out your old clothes. If you didn't get new clothes you weren't helpful enough, so it encourages children to do their chores. This may be wrong, but it's what my teacher told me.
A native icelander here and that the cat didn't eat kids if they didn't get clothes parents kinda just made it up later on to then make the kids stop complaining, also there are like 68 other Yule lads that Grýla had with other giants.
OMG so true
Víkingur Sigurðsson ég held alltaf að jóla kötturinn át krakkanna ef þeir fengu ekki ný föt
Watch the new Monstrum video on it. It was to encourage productivity so you could make clothes to keep you warm in the winter.
Fun fact: Candle Stealer also eats the candles he steals
Tasty
wait y’all don’t do that?
@@the-rickster only the large ones. I don't like putting short things in my mouth
@@hendrik7354 okay but like a 4 inch candle is average though right guys
@@the-rickster not average of what I chose
He missed the part in iceland where the Icelandic kids leave their shoe in the window, for the yule lads to give gifts for the nice kids, and potatoes for the missbehaving ones. I remember waking up, checking the window and lurking out to throw the potatoe befor my parenta found out, and seeing my sister (who i had fought with) doing the same
Weird punishment. I could see why no one wants to be eaten by an ogre, but I quite like potatoes.
Icelander here and yesss it was the best thing ever
@@Joshua_Hale its usually a OLD RAW MOLDED potato
Yeah those are the worst kind of potato
I love the fact that the kids get to put their shoe out thing overlaps with the Dutch sinterklaas, but instead of a potato kids here would get a bag of salt.
The Yule lads just sound like any college aged roommates
Mostly just doorway-sniffer
@@twistedgwazi5727 or bowl licker, the either stoned constantly or constantly drunk roommate
Especially spoon licker
Candle snatcher just loses all the lighters.
honestly hearing this makes me so look forward to college
I’m going to officially start a band called “Yule Lads” but instead of playing the drums we play freshly licked spoons and bowls.
I'm in.
Can I join I'm already Icelandic and spoon licking is a common pass time
I'll be be the doorslammer to keep the beat
i will sniff the kokain from the crowd
1 2 3
Spoon licker:*click click-a click click-a clicl click click-a*(spoons)
Pot scraper:*Wicka wicka* (like a dj)
I think it's an honorable mention that in Hungary, it's not Santa who brings the presents but Jesus himself
Imagine having to wake up on your birthday to hand out presents to everyone else lmao L
Not that interesting.
So the reason why Jesus hasn't come back to bring forth rapture and the end of the world is because he's too busy making toys for kids on Christmas?
Im hungarian and i used to think baby jesus flew in the window NAKED and left gifts for us. Since. Thats what they told us💀 mind u the BABY JESUS also had angels dangle bells before he comes so we know he comes
@@greywolf7577sounds about right.
someone needs to write a horror story about trying to stay alive during christmas while a bunch of little comedically named elves do random shit in your house. like, super high tension, but no actual danger. i would love that.
Cat in the Hat
Gremlins?
Until the cat, and it's ogre owners come.
Imo it should be a horror comedy where it ends with the Christmas cat eating the whole family
there is something in the barn
This man just made a Chinese president joke before it was cool
IlluZion I was looking for this comment
IlluZion Союз Советских Социалистических Республик? Comrade
@@Paul-yl6uf да братан
IlluZion Я немного говорю по-русски, но не так много, как хотелось бы. :( Все хорошо, товарищ. 👋
@@Paul-yl6uf same here, I understand way more than I speak but it's such a fascinating language
You can just hear Sam keep his laughter when talking about the 13 shitmakers
Who's that up in the rafters? It's sausage swiper of course!
I fucking *lost it* when I read “13 shitmakers”
luccy 13
Fuck you and him I'm dying laughing now.
"13 shitmakers"
"...and there's Candle-Stealer who... you get the idea."
Me: "Um, eats kids?"
You're half right,
The correct answer was "eats candles".
Actually correct. He's the son of Grýla and still eats his mother's cooking, like all the yule lads, but his favorite snack is candles
Having been brought up with German childrens' books, I can tell you that while they may not be intentionally terrifying, a child's mind is quite adept at imaging the most gruesome possible outcome to every situation.
For example:
Hans Guckindieluft.
Roughly, Hans Head-In-The-Air.
The story goes, he lives in a harbor town, and is always - you guessed it - looking up at the sky, and never where he's going.
Naturally, one day on his way to school, he isn't looking where he's going and trips. Not just anyplace, either - over the edge of the seawall into the harbor. The story ends with a colorfully illustrated picture of him falling in the water while the fish scatter.
Except... here's where the catch comes in. I had just done a school project on piranhas, which - and this fact sprang to my mind's forefront as I saw that illustration - a small school of piranhas can strip a fully grown cow down to its skeleton in under five minutes.
I had even made a (rather good) sculpture of a piranha, with box cutter blades for teeth. They were very sharp.
Safe to say, since I live in a city near to an ocean, that for my entire life I have never once looked up at the sky while walking.
Problem solved...?
Jesus Christ that would scare me.
I have my Hans in the air like I just I don’t care
To my knowledge piranhas will only eat a human if they're starving. The cow thing you mentioned was done with piranhas which have been starved for at least a week. Meine Lieblingsgeschichte war damals die Streichhölzer
pls dont kick your legs like that ever again- im frightened
lmao
Same
o w o
Disgraceful.
Ginger I did not expect to see you here
Weird flax but ok
The Yule Lads are actually a perfect representation of my friend group.
Every friend group got a doorway sniffer
wait
w h a t
*S A U S A G E S W I P E R*
Everyone got a bowl-licker
Emi K witch one is spooner licker
4:10 They're real. You just can't see them because you haven't signed the paperwork
Fellow Hilda fan!
Heh, Hilda reference
Hilda!
Fellow hilda fan i see
Hilda!
As an Icelander, I thank you for presenting our Yule Lads probably better than anyone else.
However, you did forget the tradition where we put our shoes on the windowsill, so that we get gifts from each of the Yule Lads.
I love the fact that you can hear his voice breaking up while trying to hold in his laughs while explaining the Yule lads
I was thinking that
5:56 you're welcome
BEHOLD
SAUSAGE SWIPER
Lol
@@brblb5425 g
Kids in America: Sitting next to Santa, while saying what they wish to get
Meanwhile in Wales: YOU RAP BATTLE A FUCKING HORSE-GHOST
Ummmmm Haha huh ha
@Ink I’m welsh too and thankfully I’ve never had to either, I have seen one before when I was about 5 and it was bloody terrifying
@Ink as an american I agree
@Ink then never go to pencoed we have some shit to work out lol
fnf week 8
I like how he says Spoon-licker is malnourished "for some reason," as if the name doesn't kinda explain why.
It's as if that's the joke
@@kim_tork52 based on how casually he said it, I don't think that was the intended joke.
@@michaelfort143 dry humor
@@kim_tork52 maybe but it sounds off from Sam's usual delivery.
@@michaelfort143 driest of dry
nearly 5 years later and the presentation of Doorway Sniffer still gets me so good
Ah I remember the joys of being young on Christmas staying up all night waiting for the doorway sniffer to arrive 😌
@Slatsky August I dont have to imagine
@@hammedburger3712 bruh
Þeta eru fistu jólin mín án þess að hafa
Stúf sog ég ætla að seja HAIIO! Og
Gleðileg jól fyrir okkur öll
Ross Hauler are u actually icelandic?
Wanna know If Icelandic kids would actually do that lmao
@@xxbarry_blyat69xx5 nah but I wish I was so I could be closer to some of these interesting rituals lol
"Thirteen yule lads" [shows twelve yule lads]
Oh god one of them's under my bed now
He's gonna steal your sausage(s)
He missed candle bitter
He’s “Uncovered Nibbler”
Ever wonder why if you leave your arm or leg uncovered at night you feel like something is going to grab it?
That’s him
666 likes let's keep it there
699 likes
Me: Owo
The fact that Sam was on the verge of losing it throughout the entire Yule Lads section makes it 100x funnier
Man dad being from iceland did the yule lads. Each night leading up to Christmas he would set up the house to make it seem like one of the yule lads visited. If it was Þvörusleikir / spoon licker, my dad would scatter spoons over the house and say Þvörusleikir did it, and if it was Skyrgámur we would leave out Skyr at night and in the morning it would be all eaten, with Hurðaskellir / door slammer my dad would slam doors in the middle of the night before hoping back in bed to pretend to be asleep. And my mom who was from lauterbrunnen switzerland did Krampus but instead of saying he would eat us if we were bad she told us he would tell santa not to visit our house and he would come instead and leave sticks and stones. One year my older brother got sticks and stones in his stocking with a note saying "although you may still have gifts under the tree your stocking has none, let this be a warning to you next time it will not only be your stocking but all of your gifts shall be replaced with sticks and stones" Gruß vom Krampus /
Greetings from Krampus. This happened to my brother because he got expelled from school for purposely flooding the school bathroom. And those are my stories on how my parents mixed their Christmas cultures together to make my family's Christmas traditions
doorway sniffer: **SNIIIIIIFFFFFFFF** *WHERE'S THE GODDAMN B R E A D*
B R E A D
Brauð
Wtf is that pfp
ahegao kokichi
@@cozziegirl *D I S G U S T A N G*
Mom: How about you go play with the kids next door
The kids next door: 5:57
Best comment
so what
@@jimmilton6644
So you want your sausage to be swiped? I wouldn't want my sausage to be swiped by a sausage swiper. Do you want your sausage to be swiped by the sausage swiper, who swipes the sausage?
Haimirich sausage swiper is hot
6:37
It’s been so long since he’s left us, but I always find myself rewatching Sam’s content. This one is my favorite. I love sausage swiper
It is a great time to revisit this video on a yearly basis
Almost dropped my bag of cashews when this notification dropped on my desktop
I literally just sprained my ankle running to my laptop owwww heh
Yo I was also eating cashews
I almost accidentally clicked out of the drop down menu for the notification (but then I clicked it the right way.)
Read it as "Bag of chainsaws"
@@ugli968 Don't drop those.
I love how when you were talking about the Yule Lads, you can hear Sam almost losing it
IKR XD
Yess lmfao
All I could hear was myself losing it lmao
same XD
AnD wHoSe ThAt, It'S dOoRwAy SnIfFeR, hErE tO sNiFf YoUr DoOrS fOr LeFtOvEr BrEaD!
I love how you can hear him trying to avoid breaking into laughter as he starts to list the Yule lads
I love it goes from “Oh you get a penny” to “Your fibres get stamped on” to “YOUR FUCKING ORGANS GET RIPPED OUT AND ARE REPLACED WITH WHEAT AND STONES”
Normal person: Gay
Me, an intellectual: S A U S A G E S W I P E R
I see that you have acsended
He’s figured it out, the solution to life
Me, a god: *s w I p I n s t u*
I'm here to swipe your sausage
@@mothersandfuckersofthejury5416 yes pls
okay, so I'm an Icelander and I'm here to tell you he didn't make any of this up lol... And btw Jólakötturinn, you know, the cat, his name just translates to: The Christmas Cat...
looks like so far youve been given new clothes
do you believe in elves 😯😯😂
@@nickd1354 😂haha, no no i dont, but i used to tho😳
makes sense if the candles are tallow
@@nickd1354 my mom Does and Honestly its because were the elves “live” it’s known for construction stuff to be absolutely WRECKED by it’s self
I'm Icelandic and when I was a kid, I was misbehaving during Jól (Christmas) and my uncle told me that he will rat me out to Grýla. He told me that he knew her and he was going to bring me to her if I didn't behave. I was so afraid and scared that I started crying and begging to not be boiled alive in her cauldron. Btw, this was not traumatizing and I tell this story because I find it funny how scared I was.
"rap battling an horse skull in south Wales"
lol this is funny
Guys I'm Icelandic and I swear the English translation of the lads names are even weirder then the original...
Also you forgot that candle sweeper eats the candles. A very important note seeing as one time my little sister left a candle for him and my mom had to take a big ass bite out of it.
Did you ask her if it was tasty
I like taking care of kids with all my heart but I honestly dont think I could take a bite out of a fucking candle for one of em
k c r o n c h h
@@sextuspompeius1266 just did, she said it was horrible, don't know why
Lmao the things parents do for their kids lol.
During the Yule Lads part, I can just hear how you are struggling to not laugh as each one gets more ridiculous than the other XD
@@gayvideos3808
That was hilarious.
I legitimately have tears in my eyes from laughing at that part
thgritic102 I heard him struggle at the sausage one
@@azevol216 I completely lost it at Sausage Swiper
They dont sound that retarded in icelandic
It's always nice to come back to these holiday classics when the weather starts to get cold
I have arrived to watch this absolute banger on Christmas Eve at exactly 10:51 pm EST, 2023. Thank you Sam for making some of the best content on the platform. Love ya man.
And then there's candle stealer, you get the picture, he eats kids
That's what I expected lmao
The ol switcharoo
Of course
wOaW
Weird flax but ok
Growing up in Iceland it was perfectly normal to have two trolls, a giant cat and 13 santas at christmas. So when I found out america only has one santa that flies around on a sled all I could think was, huh..that's weird.
Wow same 😂
*AY GET YOUR CAT PLEASE HE'S TRYING TO GET IN TF GET YOUR CA*
JÁ MAÐUR DJÖFULL ELSKA ÉG AÐ KLIFRA UPP Á EYJARFJALLAJÖKULL
...but the trolls that devoured children never seemed weird?
@@SailorSabol nah
from 6:08 and forward I was fucking ROLLING ON THE FLOOR WITH LAUGHTER
That time of year again folks
Sam O' Nella is like that person who texts you out of the blue once every three months or so.. You're excited they finally said something but mad cause you already know they still aren't going to be consistent.
Oh f*ck he's me.
@@sammiii387 Lmfao
>.> does this mean I'm not good at socializing?
Just be happy he makes tings
@@ffnovice7 Honestly glad he does and hasn't tried to milk it dry. Stay unique Sam O' Nella we love ya!
Thank you for not lumping me in with all those fairytales. Love you.
Dad
No homo
It's because you're not apscure
Yooooo my bro. Please make my 2019 not miserable.
Eh look it’s J-Dawg
Icelandic folklore timestamp - 3:45
I have arrived to watch this absolute banger on Christmas Eve at exactly 10:08 pm CST, 2023. Thank you Sam for making some of the best content on the platform. Love ya man.
These sound like Rick and Morty characters
"I'm doorway sniffer, and I'm here to sniff your doorways!"
*Justin Roiland"s Morty laugh*
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i crave bread give it to me or i will sniff it out from your doorways
@Sassy Tangerine don't be so sassy, tangerine
@Sassy Tangerine If you keep being sassy, doorway sniffer will come and sniff your doorways
the 13 yule lads sound like some ten year old's OCs
20secondsofsnake For real!
Who would NOT have a OC named sausage swiper
20secondsofsnake I am very confused about your name...
Doorway sniffer
Original oc do not steal
Drake P. Bowl scraper is my new oc
DON’T STEAL
“Saint Nick the slayer of elk and bringer of x-box’s” gotta be one of the funniest things I’ve ever heard
To complete this list you have to include the Scandinavian/German beast known as Julbocken... The Yule Ramb. Who visits young children at night to scare the crap out of them, occasionally giving them a present afterwards.
Those were supposed to be scary? The ones made of straw?!
The ripping sound of the intestines gave me a heart attack
its just him making fart sounds
Tru tho
mE tOo
same omg it was so loud
Same
"Wierd flax, but okay."
- samonella 2019
cut that out, jesus
*weird
too bad the vid is made in 2018 :thonk:
The video is from 2018...
Best pun of all times
Imagine his legs hitting each other and bouncing back instead of swinging at 0:16, it's mildly entertaining
It’s that time of year again!
Me: *opens presents to find there are no new clothes* *looks at family in dread*
You've damned me.
*loud meowing outside*
Thatspacerat
Come one grandma, you have to have a sweater you meant to give me this year. Please!
Jólakötturinn is still hungry 😉
*MEOW × INFINITE*
This reads like a shitpost
Yeah, especially with the spoon licker part
The Yule Lads sound like legends
FBI oh shit the FBI found out
Welp i have expirience since me am icelandic its very scary
FBI sir step aside
how are the investigations on T-series going?
FBI a cop is giving me a fine for calling him a hypocrite, can you bomb his house, thx he has loli porn on his laptop.
Its been over 4 years, ive watched this video countless times, and i will never fail to laugh myself to tears listening to sam describe the 13 yule lads
Watching this on Christmas after two years still brings me joy
I love how random yet specific every Icelandic elf is, Like, They have 1 specific purpose that they do and it's hilarious, Honestly.
candle stealer eats the candles tho
@Steamed Hams it’s the hidden character, panty-swiper
don't forget S A U S A G E S W I P E R
@@indigoon9635 Nah, just hentai protagonist
@@Nelson-gs9yv fuck
When Sam called the president of China Winnie the poo I found why he went *missing* for all these months.
@Andres Duarte Ortiz man waited 2 weeks to do that
@Andres Duarte Ortiz uh oh
@@alegsb3943 died this afternoon because of a work acident
@@GustavoGomes-nn5np aha! But I lived!
Oh no... S-Sam u good...?
I like how so many of these are just, "Do what I say or I'll kick your ass and blame it on a gremlin."
We meet again, fellow kids
5:57 You can *hear* Sam just smiling and repressing laughter and if he's happy I'm happy.
Probably the most wholesome comment in this entire section
6:13 is better. He's starting to break here.
Try 6:50
Arslayah *s p o o n l i c k e r*
8:34
I love how you can hear Sam almost break when he says “spoon licker”
69 likes NOICE
@@thisisahumanlol8255 not anymore .v.
@@brodster7042
Unpog
I broke when he said spoon licker, I laughed to tears
before anyone asks, 6:12
Merry Christmas 2021! I'll see you again next year, Sam.
In Dutch folklore. On the 6th of december a guy named Sinter-Klaas with one of his Zwarte Pieten goes to houses bringing gifts. If you put your shoe in the living with a present for him (because its HIS birthday). But if you were bad he puts you in a bag and you're missing. YAY
he also has a white horse
Icelandic child trying to sleep:
Window peeeper at their window: O_O
Lmao
👁👄👁
👁️👄👁️
Í am also from Iceland and I like him.
Yule Man
0:41 Now I know why he disappeared
I’m confused
@LooseCanon PSN oh thank you for explaining it
oh.
*oh.*
@LooseCanon PSN it's Xi Jinping
Oh shit!
Thank you, had to improv a lesson about Christmas traditions across the world
Couldn't show the video but thanks for the ideas of what to show
I just want to thank Sam for introducing me to The Yule Lads, making their appearance in Hilda all the more special
America: hey guys look its Santa with his gifts!
Germany: *I'M HERE FOR YOUR I N T E S T I N E S.*
Yes, as we all know, the main purpose of germany is a) steal kids intestines and b) to invade france
it actaully is from austria not germany
@@biziwee53 Austria is just Special Germany
@@NordisktLejon you wouldn't say that to my face
@@biziwee53 now that sounds like something a Special German would say!
Stand name: *[Doorway sniffer]*
Don't you mean
STAND NAME:
「D O O R W A Y S N I F F E R」
STAND MASTER
[MARI LWYD]
STAND NAME
[YULE LADS]
All the yule lads sound like stand names, mines spoon licker.
Stand ability: sniff doors
Stand:window watcher
Ability: can view through all transparent surfaces within a foury-eight meter radius.
“Who fuckin’, you get the picture” will live in my mind for the rest of my life until I die. Sam or whatever the funny your name is, your videos are amazing.
🎵T'is the season to be academic
Wat-ching-sam-o-ne-lla-la-la-la🎶
I hate it when a YULE LAD proceeds to HOOK ALL OF MY PRECIOUS MEAT
Im wondering when he gets renamed to the Beater Meater to piss off vegans
The yule lad steals meat to beat it
Your intro theme reminds me of the music that always plays before a fairytale, specially the old and ruthless ones that came before traumatizing kids was an issue, still makes hell of a bedtime story though
I come back to watch this every year and I still die at the yule lads
WOAH WHOS THAT UP IN THE RAFTERS
ITS SAUSAGE SWIPER
Here to swipe your sausages
Swiper no swiping
Swiper no swiping
Swiper no swiping
You bet your ass it window peeper
An absolute Mystery, how Bowl Licker could remain properly fed while Spoon Licker is malnourished.
Bla Icelandic people must have used only the biggest bowls in the house because Christmas.
More food in bowls than spoons
I guess from people that didn't fish their food yet and got too lazy to clean the dishes right away.
@@dropmelon Actually, during the time when these dudes became mythical, Icelandic people only had one bowl per person. They were called askur and they were used for all meals. They were often left under the bed for cats and dogs to feed from them. They were made of wood and often carved beautifully.
@@hmmmok1924 Unless someone celebrates Christmas alone, I can't see how the bowl licker wouldn't be well fed :p
During the descriptions of the 13 elves, I love how you can hear his smile
watching this in the spirit of Christmas 2021. please make another videos 🥺
Sam just sort of quietly laughing while describing ... Sausage Swiper!
Smh its sausage sweeper
Smh I think you mean Sausage Swiper
smh wasn't it meat roll robber?
Who's that up in the rafters?
I have never gotten this many upvotes
You can tell it was difficult for Sam to list the yule lads without breaking out into laughter.
Doctor bright any thoughts on these as potential SCP’s?
This doesn’t have something to do with you bright…right?
Hey. it's like looking in a mirror
He forgot SCP 4666, the best Christmas-Boy
There's a reason you're not allowed within 50ft. of SCP 343, you asked him to make these things real
oh man i miss your videos and humor sam. hope you're still kickin it out there somewhere man.
The Mari Lwyd even makes the Arizona Ranger with the Big Iron on his hip shudder in fear.
(Reference to the song 'Big Iron' by Marty Robbins)
Sam is an Absolute Yule Lad
In awe at the size of this lad, *absolute unit*
You stole my damn comment idea
like #666
I don’t like you
He annoys kids by sayng "hey kids"
"If you find yourself rap battling a horse skull, don't panic"
"Its normaĺ"
It’s time to listen to this holiday classic
The 13 yule lads terrified me especially Gattathefur for no reason. I was told he would 'sniff my doorway away' by my cousins. I love this country obsessed with eating children.
I believe in elves.
Edit: I forgot to mention having potatoes in your shoes.
I'm from iceland and I thank you for explaining my culture better than anyone (I was so confused when I heard about English santa claus like what nobody gets eaten?! )
Icelandic person:"...Ok! So the reindeer! The reindeer are the ones who get to eat the kids! Got it!"
Explainer:"No and what the hell is wrong with you?"
IntermediateJesus, What about the elves? One of them have got to eat someone at least??
that's it I'm moving to iceland, 2nd Halloween
Haha me too
Hey another Icelandic human
Mari lwyd
V. S.
Eminem
jimmy fox it would escalate to the point where both of them would be rapping full rap god until the universe collapses in on itself due to the concentration of intense rap battling
Eminem was too afraid to dis Mari Lwyd
@@radiopenis1011 eminem doesn't diss good rappers (rappers he respects)
Top 10 best anime battles.
Imagine an anime of that
Holy shit, idk why hearing you list off the Yule Lads was so fucking funny to me. I haven't laughed that hard in a while.
1:18
Damn Ive watched this video like 20 times and just now noticed that SMOOTH arm animation
4:58
Icelandic person here!
The name of that cat literally just translates to "The Christmas Cat"
We're not very creative. Hope that helps!
Edit: 5:27
The Yule Lads. This translation really really bothers me because they're called Jólasveinar, which is literally just our word for Santa Clause, but plural because there's 13 of them.
Also all of their translated names sound ridiculous!
Well the "svein" in "jólasveinn" certainly harkens back to old norse "sveinn", meaning a boy or lad. The other germanic languages also feature this word, such as the norwegian bokmål "svein", swedish "sven", danish "svend" and even modern english "swain". It's a pretty accurate translation imo
Also no relation to the german "schwein" as far as i understand
They are fucking ridiculous
The Yule lads translation is ok but the translated names of them are bad
@@philippcrain yeah, can't argue with you there, but it's just very bizarre to hear when the word "Jólasvein" in Icelandic is just our word for Santa Claus, so the direct translation is very jarring
Blame wikipedia
“So if you ever find yourself having a rap battle with a horse scull in South Wales don’t worry it’s normal”
- Sam O’Nella
Quoute of the year
Skull and yeah lmao
*_s c u l l_*
Sall
Wow thanks for your amazing insights on the English language which i am not native too
@Eddryonedied fuck you beat me to it.
This episode really hits home the benefit of watching till the end.
These videos have an inconceivable amount of rewatch value
If you ever find yourself rap battling a horse skull
*DON’T WORRY IT’S PERFECTLY NORMAL*
I guess
Weird flax but ok
Top 10 rappers Eminem was too scared to diss
As one does