Fill in the Blanks Yule CatOnline version Yule Cat by Leyva Ojeda Peñate 1 clothing behaviour wool soul scare Dark town mountain lazy tasks Icelandic Christmas folklore depicts - dwelling characters and monsters who come to during Christmas . The stories are directed at children and are used to them into good . Back in the Ages in Iceland , all family members were given tasks related to production . The only thing most families could afford as Christmas gifts was woolen clothes . And that was only possible if every family member completed their in time . So the legend of Jólakötturinn was born to scare children into completing their work . The giant cat pees through the windows of homes looking for children who didn't receive their during Christmas night . Upon finding such a poor , the Yule Cat spares no mercy and eats the child before resuming the hunt for others .