# RAR #218: Jolabokaflod: How to Have a Christmas Book Flood

An episode of [Read-Aloud Revival ®](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/870178510), 1 Dec 2022, 14 min.

Audio: https://media.transistor.fm/43d27d89/96971c21.mp3

✨ Christmas School is here! Get your simple plan for peaceful Christmas season and join us for a 3-week family book club looking at the Nativity with fresh eyes. Learn more! ✨ What if I told you that there’s an Icelandic Christmas tradition where you spend an entire day (or evening) reading books and sipping hot cocoa? And it’s what you’re SUPPOSED to be doing. Yes, this is a real thing! It’s called Jolabokaflod, and in this episode, you’ll hear: • Where the tradition came from • 3 super-simple steps to your own Jolabokaflod • How other mamas just like you have made the tradition their own During Jolabokaflod, you gift members of your family with new books, and everyone drinks hot cocoa and spends the whole of Christmas Eve reading. If I didn’t get your attention before, I’ve got it now. Today, I’m talking about when and how this tradition started, and how your family can make Jolabokaflod part of your Christmas traditions. Find the rest of the show notes at https://readaloudrevival.com/218/.

Shows are listed from Apple Podcasts' charts and directory, and Podcast Index where it is used. Every show and episode belongs to its publisher and plays from the publisher's own feed; this site hosts none of them.