{"id":13697,"date":"2018-12-14T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-12-14T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/fjolskyldan-saman-i-jolathorpid-um-helgina\/"},"modified":"2022-10-25T09:01:14","modified_gmt":"2022-10-25T09:01:14","slug":"the-whole-family-together-in-the-christmas-cottage-at-the-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/fjolskyldan-saman-i-jolathorpid-um-helgina\/","title":{"rendered":"The family together in the Christmas village at the weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Christmas Village in Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur is open on Saturday and Sunday from 12 pm to 5 pm, and is bustling with life and activity on both days. The beautifully decorated little Christmas houses have become a nationally renowned marketplace for a variety of gifts, handicrafts and design, ideal for putting in a Christmas stocking, along with delicious food to eat on the premises and tasty treats to take home for the festive table. Family members of all ages should be able to find something to eat and enjoy in Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur this weekend.<\/p>\n

See the Christmas Village programme HERE<\/a> <\/p>\n

Singing and performing on stage at Thorsplan are the main event on Saturday, where scenes from the V\u00ed\u00f0ista\u00f0ask\u00f3li musical will be performed, and members of the school's orchestra and students from T\u00f3nkv\u00edsl will play several Christmas songs. The \u00d6ldut\u00fanssk\u00f3li choir will also be singing, and Gosi and \u00d3sk from the Lotta theatre group will be performing a song medley. \u00a0Santa Clauses will be roaming the town and Bett\u00edna will be out on Strandgatan with her horse-drawn carriage on both Saturday and Sunday, and those interested can take a Christmas tour of the town for a reasonable price. On Sunday, two Christmas parties will be held in Thorsplan: the Fr\u00edkirkjan's Christmas party at 11 a.m. and a Christmas party with Siggi Hl\u00f6 and real-life elves at 3 p.m., in addition to which Gr\u00fdla will be roaming around town.<\/p>\n

Delicious food, design and craftsmanship<\/strong><\/p>\n

In the Christmas houses, there will be a variety of delicious treats for foodies to buy, such as lamb direct from the farm in various forms, goat's cheeses, and all sorts of healthy products made from Icelandic ingredients, as well as homemade fudge, confectionery and toffee. You can also shop for various Christmas gifts, handmade Icelandic decorations made from wood and Perspex, and all sorts of handicrafts, embroidered bed linen, tea towels and cushions. Viking-inspired jewellery and jewellery made from Icelandic lava will be available, as well as Christmas cards, candle holders, and an eco-friendly gift wrapping service. Quality European toys and various children's products will also be on sale.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

J\u00f3la\u00feorpi\u00f0 \u00ed Hafnarfir\u00f0i er opi\u00f0 laugardag og sunnudag fr\u00e1 kl. 12-17 og i\u00f0ar af l\u00edfi og fj\u00f6ri b\u00e1\u00f0a dagana. Litlu fagurlega skreyttu j\u00f3lah\u00fasin eru or\u00f0in lands\u00feekktur s\u00f6luvettvangur fyrir \u00fdmiskonar gjafav\u00f6ru, handverk og h\u00f6nnun sem tilvali\u00f0 er a\u00f0 setja \u00ed j\u00f3lapakkann \u00e1samt g\u00f3ms\u00e6tum veitingum til a\u00f0 bor\u00f0a \u00e1 sta\u00f0num og lj\u00fafmeti til a\u00f0 taka me\u00f0 heim […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_breakdance_hide_in_design_set":false,"_breakdance_tags":"","wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13697","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-frettir"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13697","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13697"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13697\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13697"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13697"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13697"}],"curies":[{"name":"WordPress","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}