One friend group started this tradition during the lockdowns, and it continues as the members are from many countries. This is how they do it:
- A coordinator gathers names, addresses, and book lists from willing participants.
- The coordinator assigns each participant their person to buy for, which is kept secret.
- Each participant chooses, purchases, and ships the book. (Amazon makes this easy for internationally far flung friends.
- At an agreed upon time, everyone hops on zoom and opens their books in turn, trying to guess who gave them the book.
With friends or family, in person or virtually, Jolabokflod is a wonderful tradition you can start, and we bet you’ll love it!