Lesser-Known Christmas Folklore Characters

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КОМЕНТАРІ • 15 тис.

  • @littlemsterious991
    @littlemsterious991 4 роки тому +6807

    So that cat 100% just exists so that kids won’t complain about getting clothes instead of toys right?

    • @chloewells4385
      @chloewells4385 4 роки тому +653

      My high school history teacher explained that getting clothes meant you worked hard to help out your family throughout the year and this wore out your old clothes. If you didn't get new clothes you weren't helpful enough, so it encourages children to do their chores. This may be wrong, but it's what my teacher told me.

    • @vikingursigurdsson
      @vikingursigurdsson 4 роки тому +390

      A native icelander here and that the cat didn't eat kids if they didn't get clothes parents kinda just made it up later on to then make the kids stop complaining, also there are like 68 other Yule lads that Grýla had with other giants.

    • @BTS-bg3kv
      @BTS-bg3kv 4 роки тому +6

      OMG so true

    • @drullusokkurinn23
      @drullusokkurinn23 4 роки тому +3

      Víkingur Sigurðsson ég held alltaf að jóla kötturinn át krakkanna ef þeir fengu ekki ný föt

    • @dubuyajay9964
      @dubuyajay9964 4 роки тому +10

      Watch the new Monstrum video on it. It was to encourage productivity so you could make clothes to keep you warm in the winter.

  • @soda-sn9tz
    @soda-sn9tz 5 років тому +2886

    " If you find yourself rap battling a horse skull in South Wales, it's normal I guess"
    - Sam O'nella

    • @saltbottle7765
      @saltbottle7765 4 роки тому +18

      Let's take some time to realise what he just said

    • @cristinamirelasoare2969
      @cristinamirelasoare2969 4 роки тому +22

      We have Vasilica (a pig head, all dressed up on a pike), going with a crew of young boys around the village to sing before xmas. But you are supposed to open the door, give them money, wine and traditional deserts.
      Pre-comercial-era xmas is fascinating in old cultures. You can thank Coca Cola for bringing you the old jolly Santa , with raindeers and gifts.

    • @holyreality02
      @holyreality02 4 роки тому +5

      @@cristinamirelasoare2969 thank you Coca Cola corporation (unironically)

    • @TheLegonaut
      @TheLegonaut 4 роки тому +21

      Honestly rap battling a demon sounds awesome, kinda like the tribute music video

    • @japanesespiderman1326
      @japanesespiderman1326 4 роки тому +8

      @@TheLegonautam Welsh. It's actually pretty cool. I like the concept.

  • @galaxythepanda
    @galaxythepanda Рік тому +3012

    Fun fact: Candle Stealer also eats the candles he steals

    • @someone8240
      @someone8240 Рік тому +67

      Tasty

    • @the-rickster
      @the-rickster Рік тому +67

      wait y’all don’t do that?

    • @hendrik7354
      @hendrik7354 Рік тому +34

      @@the-rickster only the large ones. I don't like putting short things in my mouth

    • @the-rickster
      @the-rickster Рік тому +39

      @@hendrik7354 okay but like a 4 inch candle is average though right guys

    • @hendrik7354
      @hendrik7354 Рік тому +10

      @@the-rickster not average of what I chose

  • @dagurgudjonsson4224
    @dagurgudjonsson4224 Рік тому +2060

    He missed the part in iceland where the Icelandic kids leave their shoe in the window, for the yule lads to give gifts for the nice kids, and potatoes for the missbehaving ones. I remember waking up, checking the window and lurking out to throw the potatoe befor my parenta found out, and seeing my sister (who i had fought with) doing the same

    • @Joshua_Hale
      @Joshua_Hale Рік тому +165

      Weird punishment. I could see why no one wants to be eaten by an ogre, but I quite like potatoes.

    • @actuallyanalien2162
      @actuallyanalien2162 Рік тому +36

      Icelander here and yesss it was the best thing ever

    • @actuallyanalien2162
      @actuallyanalien2162 Рік тому +114

      @@Joshua_Hale its usually a OLD RAW MOLDED potato

    • @straightrippnable706
      @straightrippnable706 Рік тому +31

      Yeah those are the worst kind of potato

    • @GundamReviver
      @GundamReviver Рік тому +21

      I love the fact that the kids get to put their shoe out thing overlaps with the Dutch sinterklaas, but instead of a potato kids here would get a bag of salt.

  • @andreabryant5776
    @andreabryant5776 5 років тому +7680

    The Yule lads just sound like any college aged roommates

    • @twistedgwazi5727
      @twistedgwazi5727 4 роки тому +297

      Mostly just doorway-sniffer

    • @kenntonontrac186
      @kenntonontrac186 4 роки тому +201

      @@twistedgwazi5727 or bowl licker, the either stoned constantly or constantly drunk roommate

    • @thesenate5291
      @thesenate5291 4 роки тому +51

      Especially spoon licker

    • @hehooyeehonk324
      @hehooyeehonk324 4 роки тому +94

      Candle snatcher just loses all the lighters.

    • @courtneypowell7116
      @courtneypowell7116 4 роки тому +39

      honestly hearing this makes me so look forward to college

  • @whatiwasbusyignoringyou3333
    @whatiwasbusyignoringyou3333 4 роки тому +8109

    You can just hear Sam keep his laughter when talking about the 13 shitmakers

    • @tartagliussy529
      @tartagliussy529 4 роки тому +439

      Who's that up in the rafters? It's sausage swiper of course!

    • @naz4945
      @naz4945 4 роки тому +317

      I fucking *lost it* when I read “13 shitmakers”

    • @catalinaargyriou8603
      @catalinaargyriou8603 4 роки тому +1

      luccy 13

    • @secrecy3915
      @secrecy3915 4 роки тому +52

      Fuck you and him I'm dying laughing now.

    • @GrandpaShagger69
      @GrandpaShagger69 4 роки тому +47

      "13 shitmakers"

  • @malnasbarack
    @malnasbarack Рік тому +740

    I think it's an honorable mention that in Hungary, it's not Santa who brings the presents but Jesus himself

    • @bitebackbunny
      @bitebackbunny Рік тому +163

      Imagine having to wake up on your birthday to hand out presents to everyone else lmao L

    • @smh1245
      @smh1245 Рік тому +8

      Not that interesting.

    • @greywolf7577
      @greywolf7577 9 місяців тому +42

      So the reason why Jesus hasn't come back to bring forth rapture and the end of the world is because he's too busy making toys for kids on Christmas?

    • @zukoweylin4291
      @zukoweylin4291 9 місяців тому +30

      Im hungarian and i used to think baby jesus flew in the window NAKED and left gifts for us. Since. Thats what they told us💀 mind u the BABY JESUS also had angels dangle bells before he comes so we know he comes

    • @someguywithasword438
      @someguywithasword438 9 місяців тому +2

      ​@@greywolf7577sounds about right.

  • @lofeofsope2542
    @lofeofsope2542 Рік тому +613

    someone needs to write a horror story about trying to stay alive during christmas while a bunch of little comedically named elves do random shit in your house. like, super high tension, but no actual danger. i would love that.

    • @electricfishfan7159
      @electricfishfan7159 10 місяців тому +37

      Cat in the Hat

    • @codykilgore6937
      @codykilgore6937 5 місяців тому +11

      Gremlins?

    • @axios4702
      @axios4702 5 місяців тому +1

      Until the cat, and it's ogre owners come.

    • @dontquestionmysanity5402
      @dontquestionmysanity5402 5 місяців тому +4

      Imo it should be a horror comedy where it ends with the Christmas cat eating the whole family

    • @McDuggets
      @McDuggets 2 місяці тому +1

      there is something in the barn

  • @rosshauler7688
    @rosshauler7688 4 роки тому +6452

    Ah I remember the joys of being young on Christmas staying up all night waiting for the doorway sniffer to arrive 😌

    • @hammedburger3712
      @hammedburger3712 3 роки тому +38

      @Slatsky August I dont have to imagine

    • @Oatmealyum
      @Oatmealyum 3 роки тому +12

      @@hammedburger3712 bruh

    • @memoi7736
      @memoi7736 3 роки тому +17

      Þeta eru fistu jólin mín án þess að hafa
      Stúf sog ég ætla að seja HAIIO! Og
      Gleðileg jól fyrir okkur öll

    • @xxbarry_blyat69xx5
      @xxbarry_blyat69xx5 3 роки тому +12

      Ross Hauler are u actually icelandic?
      Wanna know If Icelandic kids would actually do that lmao

    • @rosshauler7688
      @rosshauler7688 3 роки тому +28

      @@xxbarry_blyat69xx5 nah but I wish I was so I could be closer to some of these interesting rituals lol

  • @emik5097
    @emik5097 4 роки тому +3555

    The Yule Lads are actually a perfect representation of my friend group.

  • @Ciborium
    @Ciborium 2 роки тому +169

    "...and there's Candle-Stealer who... you get the idea."
    Me: "Um, eats kids?"

    • @BramLastname
      @BramLastname Рік тому +16

      You're half right,
      The correct answer was "eats candles".

    • @OttarErOsom
      @OttarErOsom Місяць тому +1

      Actually correct. He's the son of Grýla and still eats his mother's cooking, like all the yule lads, but his favorite snack is candles

  • @abercrombieblovs2042
    @abercrombieblovs2042 Рік тому +332

    Having been brought up with German childrens' books, I can tell you that while they may not be intentionally terrifying, a child's mind is quite adept at imaging the most gruesome possible outcome to every situation.
    For example:
    Hans Guckindieluft.
    Roughly, Hans Head-In-The-Air.
    The story goes, he lives in a harbor town, and is always - you guessed it - looking up at the sky, and never where he's going.
    Naturally, one day on his way to school, he isn't looking where he's going and trips. Not just anyplace, either - over the edge of the seawall into the harbor. The story ends with a colorfully illustrated picture of him falling in the water while the fish scatter.
    Except... here's where the catch comes in. I had just done a school project on piranhas, which - and this fact sprang to my mind's forefront as I saw that illustration - a small school of piranhas can strip a fully grown cow down to its skeleton in under five minutes.
    I had even made a (rather good) sculpture of a piranha, with box cutter blades for teeth. They were very sharp.
    Safe to say, since I live in a city near to an ocean, that for my entire life I have never once looked up at the sky while walking.
    Problem solved...?

    • @Exeggutor_Enjoyer
      @Exeggutor_Enjoyer Рік тому +6

      Jesus Christ that would scare me.

    • @stultusmcgee9099
      @stultusmcgee9099 8 місяців тому +6

      I have my Hans in the air like I just I don’t care

    • @nicknio9836
      @nicknio9836 Місяць тому +1

      To my knowledge piranhas will only eat a human if they're starving. The cow thing you mentioned was done with piranhas which have been starved for at least a week. Meine Lieblingsgeschichte war damals die Streichhölzer

  • @stellabell8640
    @stellabell8640 4 роки тому +5422

    I’m going to officially start a band called “Yule Lads” but instead of playing the drums we play freshly licked spoons and bowls.

    • @karti9117
      @karti9117 4 роки тому +83

      I'm in.

    • @robinliljatalbot
      @robinliljatalbot 4 роки тому +99

      Can I join I'm already Icelandic and spoon licking is a common pass time

    • @kevindong5829
      @kevindong5829 4 роки тому +72

      I'll be be the doorslammer to keep the beat

    • @veronikatodorovic5369
      @veronikatodorovic5369 4 роки тому +42

      i will sniff the kokain from the crowd

    • @rowdiken4837
      @rowdiken4837 4 роки тому +39

      1 2 3
      Spoon licker:*click click-a click click-a clicl click click-a*(spoons)
      Pot scraper:*Wicka wicka* (like a dj)

  • @sader4086
    @sader4086 4 роки тому +3299

    Mom: How about you go play with the kids next door
    The kids next door: 5:57

    • @Fakesies
      @Fakesies 4 роки тому +27

      Best comment

    • @jimmilton6644
      @jimmilton6644 3 роки тому +3

      so what

    • @Home_Rich
      @Home_Rich 3 роки тому +41

      @@jimmilton6644
      So you want your sausage to be swiped? I wouldn't want my sausage to be swiped by a sausage swiper. Do you want your sausage to be swiped by the sausage swiper, who swipes the sausage?

    • @jimmilton6644
      @jimmilton6644 3 роки тому +7

      Haimirich sausage swiper is hot

    • @Wow-xi3xz
      @Wow-xi3xz 3 роки тому +12

      6:37

  • @tigris115
    @tigris115 Рік тому +131

    4:10 They're real. You just can't see them because you haven't signed the paperwork

  • @DarkDewKnightkfc
    @DarkDewKnightkfc 10 місяців тому +71

    As an Icelander, I thank you for presenting our Yule Lads probably better than anyone else.
    However, you did forget the tradition where we put our shoes on the windowsill, so that we get gifts from each of the Yule Lads.

  • @ujustgotpwned2008
    @ujustgotpwned2008 5 років тому +2629

    "Thirteen yule lads" [shows twelve yule lads]
    Oh god one of them's under my bed now

    • @il-dottore
      @il-dottore 5 років тому +103

      He's gonna steal your sausage(s)

    • @disky1784
      @disky1784 5 років тому +45

      He missed candle bitter

    • @Abdega
      @Abdega 4 роки тому +33

      He’s “Uncovered Nibbler”
      Ever wonder why if you leave your arm or leg uncovered at night you feel like something is going to grab it?
      That’s him

    • @thegreatgamer1981
      @thegreatgamer1981 4 роки тому +3

      666 likes let's keep it there

    • @turtleruski1915
      @turtleruski1915 4 роки тому +2

      699 likes
      Me: Owo

  • @garrettglenewinkel7366
    @garrettglenewinkel7366 4 роки тому +16353

    I love the fact that you can hear his voice breaking up while trying to hold in his laughs while explaining the Yule lads

  • @michaelfort143
    @michaelfort143 Рік тому +351

    I like how he says Spoon-licker is malnourished "for some reason," as if the name doesn't kinda explain why.

    • @kim_tork52
      @kim_tork52 Рік тому +7

      It's as if that's the joke

    • @michaelfort143
      @michaelfort143 Рік тому +4

      @@kim_tork52 based on how casually he said it, I don't think that was the intended joke.

    • @kim_tork52
      @kim_tork52 Рік тому +6

      @@michaelfort143 dry humor

    • @michaelfort143
      @michaelfort143 Рік тому +1

      @@kim_tork52 maybe but it sounds off from Sam's usual delivery.

    • @kim_tork52
      @kim_tork52 Рік тому +3

      @@michaelfort143 driest of dry

  • @SPAMTONGG
    @SPAMTONGG 9 місяців тому +29

    nearly 5 years later and the presentation of Doorway Sniffer still gets me so good

  • @davidkovacs5432
    @davidkovacs5432 3 роки тому +8305

    Kids in America: Sitting next to Santa, while saying what they wish to get
    Meanwhile in Wales: YOU RAP BATTLE A FUCKING HORSE-GHOST

    • @fellow5640
      @fellow5640 3 роки тому +45

      Ummmmm Haha huh ha

    • @edwardgwilliam6452
      @edwardgwilliam6452 3 роки тому +227

      @Ink I’m welsh too and thankfully I’ve never had to either, I have seen one before when I was about 5 and it was bloody terrifying

    • @oo-hi5pg
      @oo-hi5pg 3 роки тому +28

      @Ink as an american I agree

    • @jackrichards6351
      @jackrichards6351 3 роки тому +26

      @Ink then never go to pencoed we have some shit to work out lol

    • @yourlocaldonut5247
      @yourlocaldonut5247 3 роки тому +35

      fnf week 8

  • @vanz681
    @vanz681 3 роки тому +1658

    0:41 Now I know why he disappeared

  • @maxversthappening8166
    @maxversthappening8166 2 роки тому +36

    The fact that Sam was on the verge of losing it throughout the entire Yule Lads section makes it 100x funnier

  • @mime_exe
    @mime_exe Рік тому +35

    It is a great time to revisit this video on a yearly basis

  • @cozziegirl
    @cozziegirl 5 років тому +1687

    doorway sniffer: **SNIIIIIIFFFFFFFF** *WHERE'S THE GODDAMN B R E A D*

  • @GingerPale
    @GingerPale 5 років тому +6172

    pls dont kick your legs like that ever again- im frightened

  • @redh4087
    @redh4087 2 роки тому +62

    It’s been so long since he’s left us, but I always find myself rewatching Sam’s content. This one is my favorite. I love sausage swiper

  • @cheesewiss6353
    @cheesewiss6353 Рік тому +25

    Man dad being from iceland did the yule lads. Each night leading up to Christmas he would set up the house to make it seem like one of the yule lads visited. If it was Þvörusleikir / spoon licker, my dad would scatter spoons over the house and say Þvörusleikir did it, and if it was Skyrgámur we would leave out Skyr at night and in the morning it would be all eaten, with Hurðaskellir / door slammer my dad would slam doors in the middle of the night before hoping back in bed to pretend to be asleep. And my mom who was from lauterbrunnen switzerland did Krampus but instead of saying he would eat us if we were bad she told us he would tell santa not to visit our house and he would come instead and leave sticks and stones. One year my older brother got sticks and stones in his stocking with a note saying "although you may still have gifts under the tree your stocking has none, let this be a warning to you next time it will not only be your stocking but all of your gifts shall be replaced with sticks and stones" Gruß vom Krampus /
    Greetings from Krampus. This happened to my brother because he got expelled from school for purposely flooding the school bathroom. And those are my stories on how my parents mixed their Christmas cultures together to make my family's Christmas traditions

  • @juniperberryyyy
    @juniperberryyyy 3 роки тому +3091

    Icelandic child trying to sleep:
    Window peeeper at their window: O_O

  • @illuzion2876
    @illuzion2876 4 роки тому +5400

    This man just made a Chinese president joke before it was cool

    • @Paul-yl6uf
      @Paul-yl6uf 4 роки тому +55

      IlluZion I was looking for this comment

    • @Paul-yl6uf
      @Paul-yl6uf 4 роки тому +9

      IlluZion Союз Советских Социалистических Республик? Comrade

    • @illuzion2876
      @illuzion2876 4 роки тому +4

      @@Paul-yl6uf да братан

    • @Paul-yl6uf
      @Paul-yl6uf 4 роки тому +3

      IlluZion Я немного говорю по-русски, но не так много, как хотелось бы. :( Все хорошо, товарищ. 👋

    • @illuzion2876
      @illuzion2876 4 роки тому +5

      @@Paul-yl6uf same here, I understand way more than I speak but it's such a fascinating language

  • @thekinginyellowmessiahofha6308
    @thekinginyellowmessiahofha6308 2 роки тому +30

    I love how you can hear him trying to avoid breaking into laughter as he starts to list the Yule lads

  • @chazza2656
    @chazza2656 Рік тому +9

    I love it goes from “Oh you get a penny” to “Your fibres get stamped on” to “YOUR FUCKING ORGANS GET RIPPED OUT AND ARE REPLACED WITH WHEAT AND STONES”

  • @dirtydan9785
    @dirtydan9785 4 роки тому +1048

    Stand name: *[Doorway sniffer]*

    • @stinkysushi1272
      @stinkysushi1272 4 роки тому +50

      Don't you mean
      STAND NAME:
      「D O O R W A Y S N I F F E R」

    • @secretmanjoe9189
      @secretmanjoe9189 4 роки тому +44

      STAND MASTER
      [MARI LWYD]
      STAND NAME
      [YULE LADS]

    • @liamsawyer8193
      @liamsawyer8193 4 роки тому +16

      All the yule lads sound like stand names, mines spoon licker.

    • @marvil9205
      @marvil9205 4 роки тому +10

      Stand ability: sniff doors

    • @shonklebonkle324
      @shonklebonkle324 4 роки тому +12

      Stand:window watcher
      Ability: can view through all transparent surfaces within a foury-eight meter radius.

  • @thgritic102
    @thgritic102 5 років тому +5210

    During the Yule Lads part, I can just hear how you are struggling to not laugh as each one gets more ridiculous than the other XD

    • @thgritic102
      @thgritic102 5 років тому +67

      @@gayvideos3808
      That was hilarious.

    • @denoww9261
      @denoww9261 5 років тому +128

      I legitimately have tears in my eyes from laughing at that part

    • @azevol216
      @azevol216 5 років тому +140

      thgritic102 I heard him struggle at the sausage one

    • @strionic770
      @strionic770 5 років тому +83

      @@azevol216 I completely lost it at Sausage Swiper

    • @pabbiinn8564
      @pabbiinn8564 5 років тому +45

      They dont sound that retarded in icelandic

  • @v0rtexbeater
    @v0rtexbeater 2 роки тому +8

    We meet again, fellow kids

  • @brobrofog
    @brobrofog Рік тому +14

    It's always nice to come back to these holiday classics when the weather starts to get cold

  • @weftin5721
    @weftin5721 5 років тому +3602

    I love how when you were talking about the Yule Lads, you can hear Sam almost losing it

  • @dryerlynnt6984
    @dryerlynnt6984 5 років тому +2003

    Me: *opens presents to find there are no new clothes* *looks at family in dread*
    You've damned me.
    *loud meowing outside*

    • @Abdega
      @Abdega 4 роки тому +53

      Thatspacerat
      Come one grandma, you have to have a sweater you meant to give me this year. Please!

    • @recklesspallad3958
      @recklesspallad3958 4 роки тому +13

      Jólakötturinn is still hungry 😉

    • @stardustlover8446
      @stardustlover8446 4 роки тому +9

      *MEOW × INFINITE*

    • @DeathbyPixels
      @DeathbyPixels 4 роки тому +8

      This reads like a shitpost

    • @shadowslash4441
      @shadowslash4441 4 роки тому +2

      Yeah, especially with the spoon licker part

  • @Sarp1sthebest
    @Sarp1sthebest 9 місяців тому +5

    "rap battling an horse skull in south Wales"
    lol this is funny

  • @OllieIbb
    @OllieIbb Рік тому +14

    I'm Icelandic and when I was a kid, I was misbehaving during Jól (Christmas) and my uncle told me that he will rat me out to Grýla. He told me that he knew her and he was going to bring me to her if I didn't behave. I was so afraid and scared that I started crying and begging to not be boiled alive in her cauldron. Btw, this was not traumatizing and I tell this story because I find it funny how scared I was.

  • @oferzilberman5049
    @oferzilberman5049 3 роки тому +4069

    I love how random yet specific every Icelandic elf is, Like, They have 1 specific purpose that they do and it's hilarious, Honestly.

    • @indigoon9635
      @indigoon9635 3 роки тому +78

      candle stealer eats the candles tho

    • @indigoon9635
      @indigoon9635 3 роки тому +55

      @Steamed Hams it’s the hidden character, panty-swiper

    • @grandmacrinkle8094
      @grandmacrinkle8094 3 роки тому +46

      don't forget S A U S A G E S W I P E R

    • @Nelson-gs9yv
      @Nelson-gs9yv 3 роки тому +14

      @@indigoon9635 Nah, just hentai protagonist

    • @indigoon9635
      @indigoon9635 3 роки тому +3

      @@Nelson-gs9yv fuck

  • @cryoflip5841
    @cryoflip5841 3 роки тому +15763

    I love how you can hear Sam almost break when he says “spoon licker”

  • @KiiXii
    @KiiXii Рік тому +5

    7:00 legally I’m not able to eat people

  • @glenngot6783
    @glenngot6783 2 роки тому +20

    Icelandic folklore timestamp - 3:45

  • @fbi9711
    @fbi9711 5 років тому +1228

    The Yule Lads sound like legends

    • @zhamenable
      @zhamenable 5 років тому +29

      FBI oh shit the FBI found out

    • @bebe7412
      @bebe7412 5 років тому +10

      Welp i have expirience since me am icelandic its very scary

    • @fbi5567
      @fbi5567 5 років тому +12

      FBI sir step aside

    • @jove3403
      @jove3403 5 років тому +3

      how are the investigations on T-series going?

    • @cat_the_first_original_gangsta
      @cat_the_first_original_gangsta 5 років тому

      FBI a cop is giving me a fine for calling him a hypocrite, can you bomb his house, thx he has loli porn on his laptop.

  • @gabebell924
    @gabebell924 3 роки тому +5213

    That Mari Lwyd tradition actually sounds really fun.

    • @mewyorkcityf46607
      @mewyorkcityf46607 3 роки тому +198

      Unless u shit at rhyming

    • @brandonhinton2070
      @brandonhinton2070 3 роки тому +378

      Unfortunately It's not widely taken part in, more cool history than a living tradition

    • @callmeanon660
      @callmeanon660 3 роки тому +379

      Honestly I just wanna see this tradition play out, who wouldn't like watching someone try to rap battle a horse ghost trying to raid your pantry and take your beer?

    • @brambledepig2341
      @brambledepig2341 3 роки тому +264

      I saw one when I was younger (I lived in north wales at the time) and a was so terrified I genuinely developed a fear of horses. I lived next to a field of sheep (I know could it get any more stereotypically welsh) and every time one of them would bleat I would be terrified it was some horse demon coming to kill me and my family at night.

    • @kavenkaven4989
      @kavenkaven4989 3 роки тому +160

      @@brambledepig2341 this sh*t is making me cackle I cannot even imagine how scared I would’ve been as a child

  • @OcramGeno-xg6ie
    @OcramGeno-xg6ie 2 роки тому +7

    “Saint Nick the slayer of elk and bringer of x-box’s” gotta be one of the funniest things I’ve ever heard

  • @SmurfsAndRaspberries
    @SmurfsAndRaspberries 2 роки тому +11

    To complete this list you have to include the Scandinavian/German beast known as Julbocken... The Yule Ramb. Who visits young children at night to scare the crap out of them, occasionally giving them a present afterwards.

  • @classicscout1371
    @classicscout1371 4 роки тому +1537

    5:57 You can *hear* Sam just smiling and repressing laughter and if he's happy I'm happy.

  • @rano4651
    @rano4651 5 років тому +4362

    Mari lwyd
    V. S.
    Eminem

    • @GlowZoe
      @GlowZoe 5 років тому +247

      jimmy fox it would escalate to the point where both of them would be rapping full rap god until the universe collapses in on itself due to the concentration of intense rap battling

    • @radiopenis1011
      @radiopenis1011 5 років тому +141

      Eminem was too afraid to dis Mari Lwyd

    • @keyboardcat2497
      @keyboardcat2497 5 років тому +58

      @@radiopenis1011 eminem doesn't diss good rappers (rappers he respects)

    • @theprehistoricplayer3553
      @theprehistoricplayer3553 5 років тому +24

      Top 10 best anime battles.

    • @incog0956
      @incog0956 5 років тому +7

      Imagine an anime of that

  • @kingangst233
    @kingangst233 2 роки тому +3

    That time of year again folks

  • @hannahmutantspider1102
    @hannahmutantspider1102 Рік тому +5

    I come back to watch this every year and I still die at the yule lads

  • @einetta2415
    @einetta2415 4 роки тому +1285

    the 13 yule lads sound like some ten year old's OCs

    • @sk4wti
      @sk4wti 4 роки тому +3

      20secondsofsnake For real!

    • @Gentle_Mental
      @Gentle_Mental 4 роки тому +46

      Who would NOT have a OC named sausage swiper

    • @squidkiller1022
      @squidkiller1022 4 роки тому +4

      20secondsofsnake I am very confused about your name...

    • @drakep.5857
      @drakep.5857 4 роки тому +14

      Doorway sniffer
      Original oc do not steal

    • @endergamer7483
      @endergamer7483 4 роки тому

      Drake P. Bowl scraper is my new oc
      DON’T STEAL

  • @nickz4993
    @nickz4993 4 роки тому +8270

    Normal person: Gay
    Me, an intellectual: S A U S A G E S W I P E R

  • @that_one_av57
    @that_one_av57 Рік тому +3

    I like how so many of these are just, "Do what I say or I'll kick your ass and blame it on a gremlin."

  • @rileyi.1692
    @rileyi.1692 5 місяців тому +3

    It’s that time of year again!

  • @junkboy8034
    @junkboy8034 4 роки тому +1496

    The ripping sound of the intestines gave me a heart attack

  • @dontcare6163
    @dontcare6163 5 років тому +11603

    Guys I'm Icelandic and I swear the English translation of the lads names are even weirder then the original...
    Also you forgot that candle sweeper eats the candles. A very important note seeing as one time my little sister left a candle for him and my mom had to take a big ass bite out of it.

    • @sextuspompeius1266
      @sextuspompeius1266 5 років тому +945

      Did you ask her if it was tasty

    • @priscillatackie6408
      @priscillatackie6408 5 років тому +1415

      I like taking care of kids with all my heart but I honestly dont think I could take a bite out of a fucking candle for one of em

    • @yxlotl
      @yxlotl 5 років тому +727

      k c r o n c h h

    • @dontcare6163
      @dontcare6163 5 років тому +512

      @@sextuspompeius1266 just did, she said it was horrible, don't know why

    • @Ashenicky2009
      @Ashenicky2009 5 років тому +380

      Lmao the things parents do for their kids lol.

  • @monkeykingw
    @monkeykingw 2 роки тому +4

    I just want to thank Sam for introducing me to The Yule Lads, making their appearance in Hilda all the more special

  • @ChineseCookie
    @ChineseCookie Рік тому +1

    In Dutch folklore. On the 6th of december a guy named Sinter-Klaas with one of his Zwarte Pieten goes to houses bringing gifts. If you put your shoe in the living with a present for him (because its HIS birthday). But if you were bad he puts you in a bag and you're missing. YAY
    he also has a white horse

  • @erimgard3128
    @erimgard3128 3 роки тому +3440

    These sound like Rick and Morty characters
    "I'm doorway sniffer, and I'm here to sniff your doorways!"

    • @1992jkwj
      @1992jkwj 3 роки тому +38

      *Justin Roiland"s Morty laugh*

    • @thisisahumanlol8255
      @thisisahumanlol8255 3 роки тому +9

      69 likes NOICE

    • @robopope7584
      @robopope7584 3 роки тому +13

      i crave bread give it to me or i will sniff it out from your doorways

    • @goongalass930
      @goongalass930 3 роки тому +7

      @Sassy Tangerine don't be so sassy, tangerine

    • @CallenderMan
      @CallenderMan 3 роки тому +6

      @Sassy Tangerine If you keep being sassy, doorway sniffer will come and sniff your doorways

  • @MrSchplingle79
    @MrSchplingle79 5 років тому +525

    And then there's candle stealer, you get the picture, he eats kids

  • @plutoniumin
    @plutoniumin Рік тому +4

    a christmas tradition

  • @Trey_816
    @Trey_816 2 роки тому +2

    The Mari Lwyd even makes the Arizona Ranger with the Big Iron on his hip shudder in fear.
    (Reference to the song 'Big Iron' by Marty Robbins)

  • @EappleSandbox
    @EappleSandbox 5 років тому +557

    Almost dropped my bag of cashews when this notification dropped on my desktop

    • @PanicLedisko
      @PanicLedisko 5 років тому +2

      I literally just sprained my ankle running to my laptop owwww heh

    • @cline4450
      @cline4450 5 років тому +2

      Yo I was also eating cashews

    • @1mindude584
      @1mindude584 5 років тому +1

      I almost accidentally clicked out of the drop down menu for the notification (but then I clicked it the right way.)

    • @ugli968
      @ugli968 5 років тому

      Read it as "Bag of chainsaws"

    • @1mindude584
      @1mindude584 5 років тому

      @@ugli968 Don't drop those.

  • @armp1tthenormalguy176
    @armp1tthenormalguy176 4 роки тому +2097

    Doorway sniffer
    That is literally the best name in the world

    • @jakesouthern4050
      @jakesouthern4050 3 роки тому +34

      Imagine this: your just someone’S wife and you just have birth
      Husband: aww, they’re so cute!
      You: MMMM DOOORWAY SNIFFER
      Husband: what?
      You: HMMM SNIFF THE DOORWAYS CHILD
      Husband: ....
      You: GO AND SNIFF OUT THE SOULS OF THE DOORWAYS MY CHILD

    • @Something_Maybe
      @Something_Maybe 3 роки тому +7

      What about Bowl-licker?

    • @bluezircon1432
      @bluezircon1432 3 роки тому

      @Armp1tTheNormalGuy Life’s great like that.

    • @Nope-en9bo
      @Nope-en9bo 3 роки тому +1

      Window Peeper is Grade S too.

    • @03.ximipa3ahmadrinofarosmu3
      @03.ximipa3ahmadrinofarosmu3 3 роки тому +2

      Sounds like a stand

  • @julietteelsayed3727
    @julietteelsayed3727 Рік тому +2

    I was not ready for doorway sniffer.

  • @musicalife_yt
    @musicalife_yt Рік тому +2

    In Spain, some places have a log with a face that they ‘feed’ during December and at the night if the 24th, they sing a song and hit it with a stick so it ‘poops’ presents. I did that when I was younger.

  • @purplehaze2358
    @purplehaze2358 3 роки тому +7962

    You can tell it was difficult for Sam to list the yule lads without breaking out into laughter.

    • @Dontouchmyfrys
      @Dontouchmyfrys 2 роки тому +86

      Doctor bright any thoughts on these as potential SCP’s?

    • @Justanotherpersonontheinternet
      @Justanotherpersonontheinternet 2 роки тому +29

      This doesn’t have something to do with you bright…right?

    • @YourLocalHistoryNerd
      @YourLocalHistoryNerd Рік тому +9

      Hey. it's like looking in a mirror

    • @jojomania1105
      @jojomania1105 Рік тому +9

      He forgot SCP 4666, the best Christmas-Boy

    • @thatonebonkchoyguy
      @thatonebonkchoyguy Рік тому +6

      There's a reason you're not allowed within 50ft. of SCP 343, you asked him to make these things real

  • @thomasvail5018
    @thomasvail5018 5 років тому +729

    Sam O' Nella is like that person who texts you out of the blue once every three months or so.. You're excited they finally said something but mad cause you already know they still aren't going to be consistent.

    • @sammiii387
      @sammiii387 5 років тому +12

      Oh f*ck he's me.

    • @thomasvail5018
      @thomasvail5018 5 років тому +1

      @@sammiii387 Lmfao

    • @Argonak1
      @Argonak1 5 років тому +2

      >.> does this mean I'm not good at socializing?

    • @ffnovice7
      @ffnovice7 5 років тому +2

      Just be happy he makes tings

    • @thomasvail5018
      @thomasvail5018 5 років тому +2

      @@ffnovice7 Honestly glad he does and hasn't tried to milk it dry. Stay unique Sam O' Nella we love ya!

  • @foriarez944
    @foriarez944 2 роки тому +2

    🎵T'is the season to be academic
    Wat-ching-sam-o-ne-lla-la-la-la🎶

  • @ohitsstar1241
    @ohitsstar1241 2 роки тому +4

    It’s time to listen to this holiday classic

  • @thatguypal5660
    @thatguypal5660 5 років тому +834

    "Wierd flax, but okay."
    - samonella 2019

  • @CortexThor
    @CortexThor 5 років тому +542

    Growing up in Iceland it was perfectly normal to have two trolls, a giant cat and 13 santas at christmas. So when I found out america only has one santa that flies around on a sled all I could think was, huh..that's weird.

    • @vondurormur
      @vondurormur 5 років тому +2

      Wow same 😂

    • @TiredofGaming
      @TiredofGaming 5 років тому +7

      *AY GET YOUR CAT PLEASE HE'S TRYING TO GET IN TF GET YOUR CA*

    • @danielir4257
      @danielir4257 5 років тому

      JÁ MAÐUR DJÖFULL ELSKA ÉG AÐ KLIFRA UPP Á EYJARFJALLAJÖKULL

    • @SailorSabol
      @SailorSabol 5 років тому +4

      ...but the trolls that devoured children never seemed weird?

    • @danielir4257
      @danielir4257 5 років тому +1

      @@SailorSabol nah

  • @heathercfinley
    @heathercfinley 2 дні тому

    This is one of my favorite videos. It really speaks to Sam's genius that this video is still getting likes and comments 5 years later. Long live Sam O'Nella!

  • @synthesoul
    @synthesoul Рік тому +5

    Candle stealer is probably the most tame Yule lad

  • @bobsaggater3454
    @bobsaggater3454 5 років тому +823

    If you ever find yourself rap battling a horse skull

  • @jasonblessing2951
    @jasonblessing2951 5 місяців тому +1

    I have arrived to watch this absolute banger on Christmas Eve at exactly 10:51 pm EST, 2023. Thank you Sam for making some of the best content on the platform. Love ya man.

  • @EdgarAllanPogo
    @EdgarAllanPogo Рік тому +2

    Imagine December rolling around and youre in a state of panic cuz nobody got you socks and the pissed off kaiju cat is gonna eat you for dinner as punishment

  • @HistoryHouseProductions
    @HistoryHouseProductions 5 років тому +864

    Sausage Elf is my new spirit animal.

  • @Djslacks
    @Djslacks 4 роки тому +1228

    Choose your fighter: The Yule lads edition

  • @jaxprismite6672
    @jaxprismite6672 11 місяців тому +2

    I love how you can hear Sam trying not to laugh while he names the Yule Lads.

  • @Bullets_fromMCR
    @Bullets_fromMCR 9 місяців тому +2

    from 6:08 and forward I was fucking ROLLING ON THE FLOOR WITH LAUGHTER

  • @Gajiggles
    @Gajiggles 5 років тому +1156

    Sam is an Absolute Yule Lad

    • @ApeX-pj4mq
      @ApeX-pj4mq 5 років тому +9

      In awe at the size of this lad, *absolute unit*

    • @yaboiguzma393
      @yaboiguzma393 5 років тому +1

      You stole my damn comment idea

    • @lm2017
      @lm2017 5 років тому +1

      like #666

    • @grantb.8699
      @grantb.8699 5 років тому +1

      I don’t like you

    • @rizqirizaldo
      @rizqirizaldo 5 років тому +2

      He annoys kids by sayng "hey kids"

  • @diseasedwolven
    @diseasedwolven 5 років тому +2713

    WOAH WHOS THAT UP IN THE RAFTERS
    ITS SAUSAGE SWIPER

  • @Brave_Sir_Robin
    @Brave_Sir_Robin Рік тому +2

    A Christmas tradition for me lol

  • @dallascowboy9084
    @dallascowboy9084 2 роки тому +1

    Watching this on Christmas after two years still brings me joy

  • @Reaper-gg3fg
    @Reaper-gg3fg 3 роки тому +4765

    America: hey guys look its Santa with his gifts!
    Germany: *I'M HERE FOR YOUR I N T E S T I N E S.*

    • @pissnelke4
      @pissnelke4 3 роки тому +77

      Yes, as we all know, the main purpose of germany is a) steal kids intestines and b) to invade france

    • @biziwee53
      @biziwee53 3 роки тому +60

      it actaully is from austria not germany

    • @NordisktLejon
      @NordisktLejon 3 роки тому +172

      @@biziwee53 Austria is just Special Germany

    • @biziwee53
      @biziwee53 3 роки тому +18

      @@NordisktLejon you wouldn't say that to my face

    • @NordisktLejon
      @NordisktLejon 3 роки тому +140

      @@biziwee53 now that sounds like something a Special German would say!

  • @veryhard8548
    @veryhard8548 5 років тому +969

    Has anyone else noticed that the animation has been getting better and better?

    • @Jacbo1
      @Jacbo1 5 років тому +84

      He can actually move now. I don't know if that's a good thing though.

    • @moccadocca9234
      @moccadocca9234 5 років тому +61

      Its because of skillshare! /s

    • @alanacastillo90
      @alanacastillo90 5 років тому +4

      MoccaDocca aw, you beat me to it

    • @Snpaulie
      @Snpaulie 5 років тому +20

      You can only go up when your drawing stick figures

    • @santiago600
      @santiago600 5 років тому +2

      yes the real sam was kidnapped and replaced with a new sam

  • @THE-CHEESE.
    @THE-CHEESE. 10 місяців тому +1

    These videos have an inconceivable amount of rewatch value

  • @Sudupe16
    @Sudupe16 Рік тому +2

    0:43 I like how there's a tiny dot in Portugal which is where the sun whizzed around like a pinball on October 13 1917

  • @satanbutshorter2759
    @satanbutshorter2759 4 роки тому +2099

    I'm from iceland and I thank you for explaining my culture better than anyone (I was so confused when I heard about English santa claus like what nobody gets eaten?! )

    • @PennyDreadful1
      @PennyDreadful1 4 роки тому +310

      Icelandic person:"...Ok! So the reindeer! The reindeer are the ones who get to eat the kids! Got it!"
      Explainer:"No and what the hell is wrong with you?"

    • @saints360row
      @saints360row 4 роки тому +88

      IntermediateJesus, What about the elves? One of them have got to eat someone at least??

    • @hollowhoagie6441
      @hollowhoagie6441 4 роки тому +69

      that's it I'm moving to iceland, 2nd Halloween

    • @Kolle4732
      @Kolle4732 4 роки тому +4

      Haha me too

    • @comeslammer9455
      @comeslammer9455 4 роки тому +8

      Hey another Icelandic human

  • @Zholat
    @Zholat 5 років тому +893

    An absolute Mystery, how Bowl Licker could remain properly fed while Spoon Licker is malnourished.

    • @dropmelon
      @dropmelon 5 років тому +17

      Bla Icelandic people must have used only the biggest bowls in the house because Christmas.

    • @typhoonzebra
      @typhoonzebra 5 років тому +62

      More food in bowls than spoons

    • @ecaterinavisan8178
      @ecaterinavisan8178 5 років тому

      I guess from people that didn't fish their food yet and got too lazy to clean the dishes right away.

    • @hmmmok1924
      @hmmmok1924 5 років тому +8

      @@dropmelon Actually, during the time when these dudes became mythical, Icelandic people only had one bowl per person. They were called askur and they were used for all meals. They were often left under the bed for cats and dogs to feed from them. They were made of wood and often carved beautifully.

    • @dropmelon
      @dropmelon 5 років тому

      @@hmmmok1924 Unless someone celebrates Christmas alone, I can't see how the bowl licker wouldn't be well fed :p

  • @aidensidk3273
    @aidensidk3273 2 роки тому +2

    RIP sam. Gone but not forgotten

  • @mr.froggu3292
    @mr.froggu3292 2 роки тому +1

    Never noticed how smooth the mari lwyd animation was

  • @gretarmyrkvi
    @gretarmyrkvi 3 роки тому +13457

    okay, so I'm an Icelander and I'm here to tell you he didn't make any of this up lol... And btw Jólakötturinn, you know, the cat, his name just translates to: The Christmas Cat...

    • @theone9930
      @theone9930 3 роки тому +1030

      looks like so far youve been given new clothes

    • @nickd1354
      @nickd1354 3 роки тому +158

      do you believe in elves 😯😯😂

    • @gretarmyrkvi
      @gretarmyrkvi 3 роки тому +483

      @@nickd1354 😂haha, no no i dont, but i used to tho😳

    • @rinoz47
      @rinoz47 3 роки тому +56

      makes sense if the candles are tallow

    • @harparos8310
      @harparos8310 3 роки тому +109

      @@nickd1354 my mom Does and Honestly its because were the elves “live” it’s known for construction stuff to be absolutely WRECKED by it’s self

  • @saitama9112
    @saitama9112 4 роки тому +976

    “So if you ever find yourself having a rap battle with a horse scull in South Wales don’t worry it’s normal”
    - Sam O’Nella

    • @firewatch30
      @firewatch30 3 роки тому +6

      Quoute of the year

    • @theslysilverfox268
      @theslysilverfox268 3 роки тому +2

      Skull and yeah lmao

    • @saulo4302
      @saulo4302 3 роки тому +10

      *_s c u l l_*

    • @saitama9112
      @saitama9112 3 роки тому +4

      Sall
      Wow thanks for your amazing insights on the English language which i am not native too

    • @MartinWalkeringTime
      @MartinWalkeringTime 3 роки тому +4

      @Eddryonedied fuck you beat me to it.

  • @BANCI_LSF
    @BANCI_LSF 9 місяців тому +3

    Imagine his legs hitting each other and bouncing back instead of swinging at 0:16, it's mildly entertaining

  • @theyabib3323
    @theyabib3323 2 роки тому +2

    the yule lads also exist in denmark but they're called nisser and they are just people theres no specific nisser, and also theres both nice and mean ones

  • @fullmetaltheorist
    @fullmetaltheorist 3 роки тому +9220

    When Sam called the president of China Winnie the poo I found why he went *missing* for all these months.

    • @alegsb3943
      @alegsb3943 3 роки тому +84

      @Andres Duarte Ortiz man waited 2 weeks to do that

    • @alegsb3943
      @alegsb3943 3 роки тому +36

      @Andres Duarte Ortiz uh oh

    • @GustavoGomes-nn5np
      @GustavoGomes-nn5np 3 роки тому +53

      @@alegsb3943 died this afternoon because of a work acident

    • @alegsb3943
      @alegsb3943 3 роки тому +11

      @@GustavoGomes-nn5np aha! But I lived!

    • @call_me_lsubliminals9622
      @call_me_lsubliminals9622 3 роки тому +12

      Oh no... S-Sam u good...?