Day 23: Daunt Books
In Iceland there is a tradition on Christmas eve called Jolabokaflod. This is when the people of Iceland celebrate by giving each other books which are then read on Christmas Eve. I love the idea of this tradition and one I would be very much in favour of implementing.
I love buying books as Christmas gifts and opening the door to the very beautiful Daunt Books in Marylebone is always exciting a favourite Christmas shopping venue for me. With its glorious arched stained glass window at the back of the shop and the elegant oak wood gallery which extends all around the top floor this must be one of the most beautiful bookshops in London. The current shop is housed in a former Edwardian bookshop built in 1910, believed to be the world’s first custom built bookshop. When it began in 1990 it was a specialist in travel books and literature. This remains today and travel books sit side by side arranged in to countries. It is a wonderful place for some armchair travelling. The choice of fiction and literary reads is vast and there is always a wonderful collection of ‘London’ based books.
I have been lucky enough to receive a book wrapped for Jolabokaflod this year and have done them for work colleagues too. Merry Christmas Angie 🎄 xx
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Such a gorgeous idea. Your work colleagues are very lucky x