It’s difficult to imagine now, but once the “jolly old elf” who today brings toys and joys to children all over the world was once Laars Blenderson, who started with a single reindeer and a delivery route in his hometown of Hvammstangi, Iceland.
Another early Xmas present from Sharon H.
That head tilt is killing me
Disapproval: the ungulate edition.
No, that’s a caribou-baroo!!! A caribaroo? (I know, it’s really a reindeer, but I’m trying to pun here.)
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What is that? Are you taking my picture?? You’re not gonna put this on the facetweet or something, are you?
You do realize that this man’s father is named Blender. In Iceland it is mandatory to have one of your surnames reflect the first name of your father, hence Blenderson or Blendersdottir. The more you know!!! ; )
Very cute pic and story but the grammarian in me is cringing so much it’s hard to enjoy the cuteness. Either it’s done deliberately or Mike was in a rush. Sentence has “once” in two different spots and the caption “I just to just…” ??? Huh?? I really feel bad being the one to point this out but usually Mike is just perfect so this wording stuck out like a sore thumb.
And thanks DCCINDY for that interesting nugget of info. It’s like the Russians with their middle names reflecting who the father is with the -ov (male) or -ovna (female) endings, or the other Scandinavian countries that do some version of son, sen, etc.