"Gryla", the mother of the Christmas elves.

In the early days "Gryla" was considered to be very dangerous, because she took children and boiled them in a saucepan.

The children were very scared of her. She lived up in the mountains and had 13 sons.(Christmas elves) Her husband's name was "Leppaludi". She also had a daughter who owned the "Christmas-cat"

Gryla has not changed through the years, only grown older.

A poem about Gryla

Her goes Gryla
down the cliff
and she has got on
fifteen tales.

The Christmas cat.

The chrismas cat was dangerous, very large , cruel and ugly . He was around at Christmas time . He caught kids that didn't behave well and did not get any new clothes for Christmas.

Those who behaved well and had new clothes for Christmas had nothing to fear.

Now it is said that he is dead or at least gone away and will hardly come again, because there are few kids that don't behave nowadays, or what??

Poem about the Christmas cat

Here comes the Christmas cat
sneaking through the window
walks to the freezer
and takes a lot af juice.
Poor Christmas cat
he has got the flu
maybe we can help him
by giving him a cup af juice.