Death, taxes and @stmirren.com losing to Kilmarnock at new year

Sausage Swiper is wearing old timey clothes, he has a red hat and white beard and hair and he is carrying sausages that he probably stole. Illustration by Brian Pilkington.

Tonight Bjúgnakrækir (Sausage Swiper), the 9th of Iceland's 13 Yule Lads, comes down from the mountains. He hides in the rafters and steals sausages that are hung up there for smoking.

Children leave their shoes out in the window, he gives the good ones a small gift, the bad ones get a potato.

🧵SALT🧵
It's been snowing in the UK and the road gritters are out in force, begging the question:
Have you ever wondered where that grit actually COMES from?
The answer is more magical, beautiful and fascinating than you probably realised.
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