Best of RAR: Jolabokaflod
Read-Aloud Revival ®
Sarah Mackenzie
4.9 • 3.4K Ratings
🗓️ 4 December 2025
⏱️ 18 minutes
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Summary
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What if I told you there’s an Icelandic Christmas tradition where the whole point is to spend an evening sitting around, sipping hot cocoa, and reading books?
Sign me up, right?
Today, we’re talking about Jolabokaflod, which loosely translates to “Yule Book Flood,” how it started, and how you can bring the magic of this bookish tradition into your home this Christmas.
In this episode, you’ll hear:
- Where the Icelandic Yule Book Flood first began
- How Jolabokaflod is an invitation to slow down and connect with each other during the busy Christmas season
- The only three things you need for your Jolabokaflod, plus tips from RAR members on how they celebrate
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Find the rest of the show notes at: readaloudrevival.com/icelandic-christmas
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| 0:00.0 | I have a theory. |
| 0:05.0 | If you were to ask your kids what a few of their very favorite parts of the whole school year were, |
| 0:11.0 | I'm betting there's a pretty good chance they would say Christmas school. |
| 0:16.0 | I mean, hear it read aloud revival, we hear it constantly. |
| 0:20.0 | And I kind of think that's the way it should be, |
| 0:22.0 | right? We're preparing for the birth of our Lord. Now, as a homeschooling mother of six, I know that on a |
| 0:28.2 | normal day, homeschooling feels just like a whole lot and December feels like a whole lot more. |
| 0:34.6 | And that's why we developed Christmas school. Thousands of families all over |
| 0:38.5 | the world replace their ordinary homeschool curriculum with Christmas school for the month of |
| 0:43.7 | December, and they tell us over and over again that it's the highlight of their entire school year. |
| 0:50.4 | Everything's laid out for you in this open and go plan that you can use with kids of all ages |
| 0:55.2 | and it's a delight like you wouldn't believe this isn't one of those programs geared just for the |
| 1:01.1 | you know high energy crafty super organized moms hi i'm sarah mcenzie have we met we wrote |
| 1:08.8 | christmas school for moms who are low on energy, but big on wanting to connect |
| 1:12.8 | with their kids this Christmas. |
| 1:14.4 | If you'd like to get your hands on Christmas school, go to read aloudrevival.com slash |
| 1:19.3 | Christmas school or just text the word Christmas to the number 33777. |
| 1:25.4 | That's Christmas to the number 33-777. |
| 1:37.7 | What if I told you that there is an Icelandic Christmas tradition that means you would get to spend an entire day or an entire evening reading books and sipping hot cocoa. And that's what you're supposed to be doing. Hello, everybody, do I have a treat for you? This is the Read Aloud Revival, the show that |
| 2:08.7 | helps you make meaningful and lasting connections with your kids through books. And I'm your host, |
| 2:15.2 | Sarah McKenzie. In this episode, we're talking about how to Yola Bocoflod, and I'm your host, Sarah McKenzie. In this episode, we're talking about how to |
| 2:19.3 | Yola Bocoflod, and you do not want to miss this. Heads up, this is not just an audio podcast, |
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