Christmas is getting closer and we are working hard assembling watches and shipping them out before Christmas so we don't get eaten by the Christmas Cat.

In Iceland we believe the old bit of folklore about a giant terrifying cat that, come Christmas time, will eat anyone who does not work diligently and complete their work before Christmas.

The huge and vicious Christmas Cat is described as lurking about during the Holiday Season and eating people who have not received new clothes to wear before Christmas Eve.

The threat of being eaten by the Christmas Cat was used by farmers as an incentive for their workers to finish processing the autumn wool before Christmas. The ones who took part in the work would be rewarded with new clothes, but those who did not would get nothing and thus would be preyed upon by the monstrous cat.

Icelandic parents have found the story equally useful with their children. Those that behave Nice will receive new clothing as thanks. Those who don’t are destined to be eaten…