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Fourth Annual Jólabókaflóð!
What’s a Jólabókaflóð (yo-la-bok-a-flot)? 🤔 Hard to say… but oh-so-fun to do! It’s the Icelandic tradition of gifting books 📚, sipping cocoa ☕, and cozying up to read together by the twinkling lights.
We’ll celebrate Novel Tourist style with:
🎁 A White Elephant book exchange at A Novel Idea
🌟 A magical light show stroll through Miracle on South 13th Street
🍷 Tasty tapas and wine at Barcelona Wine Bar
💵 Fee: $6 — covers your hot cocoa & holds your spot!
📚 Book purchase & dinner are on your own.
HOW TO PAY: Use Friends and Family! Do not use the business option because it charges a fee.
Venmo \- @audrey\-Heller1 \(phone ends in 4478\)
PayPal - [https://www.paypal.me/AudreyBug](https://www.paypal.me/AudreyBug)
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📚 Jólabókaflóð Book Exchange (White Elephant style)
Huge thanks to A Novel Idea for hosting us!
Here's the details for the book purchase:
1️⃣ Call A Novel Idea at ☎️ 267-764-1202 by Friday, Dec 6th.
2️⃣ Tell them you’re with The Novel Tourist Book Club!
3️⃣ Purchase a book (choose one or let them surprise you!).
4️⃣ Pay for the book plus $4 to have it wrapped + labeled with the genre and a short tease about what’s inside.
5️⃣ They'll have your wrapped mystery book ready for our White Elephant Jólabókaflóð game!
✨ Bonus: We’ll have fun prizes and mini-games, too!
🎄 Miracle on South 13th Street
After the book swap, we’ll stroll one block over to walk through Philly’s most festive street — a beloved neighborhood light display that’s been dazzling visitors for 20+ years! 🌟
Dress warmly!
🍷 Dinner at Barcelona Wine Bar
📍 Just a few doors down from the lights!
🥘 Menu: Rustic Spanish-style tapas & 400+ wines
🍫📖About the Tradition
Jólabókaflóð (“the Christmas Book Flood”) began in Iceland in 1944 during WWII, when paper was one of the few gifts available. Books became the ultimate present — and the tradition stuck! Today, Icelanders still gift and unwrap books on Christmas Eve, then curl up to read with chocolate or cocoa.
❤️ About A Novel Idea(https://anovelideaphilly.com/)
Run by locals Christina & Alexander Rosso-Schneider, this indie shop is a community gem in East Passyunk. With their lovable rescue pup, Atticus Finch 🐾, they’ve built a haven for readers and writers — promoting diversity, creativity, and Philly’s vibrant literary scene.
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Rules:
Here are the Club’sBasic Rules(https://docs.google.com/document/d/11gJVZLn9-ZtlHNTvhRi8DomXn1akjqU30iFhQfXQJis/edit) and Liability Release. You should read them because by signing up for an event you agree to them.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
A Novel Idea on Passyunk, 1726 E Passyunk Ave, Philadelphia, us
