So great to get home after a tough day of work to find a huge box of various types of licorice and other candies from Iceland waiting for me.

I don't think my Santa could have known this (unless his/her stalking skills are phenomenal), but licorice is my absolute favorite candy; the stronger, saltier, and/or Scandinavianer, the better.

The fact that these are from a country I have had a long-distance love affair with since I wrote a report on geothermal energy in the fourth grade makes my present so much the sweeter. Pun intended!

Should I start with the Draumur? Or maybe Kúlu-súkk? Perhaps the Djúpur? I can't choose. There's always the Nizza, or Gammeldags Lakrids, and of course Þristur. I can't wait to try it all.

Þakka þér fyrir ótrúlega gjöf! Ég er mjög ánægð að það var ekki kæstur hákarl.