Monday Word: Jólabókaflóðið

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Jólabókaflóðið

Icelandic. Noun.

[yoh-luh-boh-kuh-flawd,joh-]

1. an Icelandic tradition in which books are given as Christmas presents and opened on December 24, after which the evening is spent reading the books.

Origin
from Icelandic Jólabókaflóðið; literally, “(the) Christmas book flood,” a tradition in Iceland dating from 1944; from Jól “Christmas” + bók “book” + flóð “flood” + -ið, suffixed neuter article; Yule ( def ), book ( def ), flood ( def )

Examples
1. So many books are released in the run-up to Christmas that they call it the Jolabokaflod, the Christmas Book Flood. The Washington Post, 7 Jun 2017

2. "In December I organized a Jolabokaflod book exchange on Twitter," Cornett said.
"Five Ways to Recycle your Unwanted Books." 18 Jan 2020. Salon.com