Wholesale Jolakottur the Yule Cat Holiday Greeting Card

She fills the whole sky over the forest, a monstrous cat made of storm and snow, eyes burning through the blizzard. The Yule Cat of Icelandic tradition is not a gentle creature. If you did not receive new clothes before Christmas, you were hers. Back Copy: "You all know the Yule Cat and that Cat was huge and evil." Johannes ur Kotlum, Jolakotturinn, 1932 The Jolakottur, the Yule Cat, prowls the Icelandic countryside on Christmas Eve. The tradition is old and the threat is specific: anyone who has not received at least one piece of new clothing before Christmas is fair game. The Yule Cat belongs to the giantess Gryla, mother of the thirteen Yule Lads. The tradition was historically used to encourage farmworkers to finish processing the autumn wool before the holiday. Those who worked received new clothes. Those who did not had only the cold and the Cat. The Yule Cat does not distinguish between the deserving and the unlucky. She is a reminder that winter has teeth, and that some gifts are given as warnings. 4" x 6" greeting card Blank inside Includes brown kraft envelope and cellophane sleeve Minimum order: 6 cards per style