Icelandic Yule-Lads
The Icelandic Jólasveinar (Yule-Lads) are a quirky bunch of 13 misbehaving mountain dwelling Troll offsprings that descend to town, one by one, in the 13 days leading up to Christmas to play havoc and to give children little gifts in their shoe (that they have place in their window over night.) You can find everything there it to know about them and their parents here: http://bit.ly/IcelandicYuleLads