Sausage-Snatcher

There’s something similar about the Icelandic Santa Clauses (the Yule Lads) and the men in episodes of Sex And The City. The Yule Lads all have single-minded agendas and (some of them) go by the names: Door-Slammer, Paddle-Licker, Sausage-Snatcher and Shorty. They come to town one-by-one beginning 13 days before Christmas. Every night the children put their shoes in the windows hoping for a treat from each and every Yule Lad. The gifts are clearly from the parents and are not always exciting. I remember ending up with the same kind of cookies my mother had baked earlier that week.

The men in Sex And The City, regardless of their birth names, become known by names like, Ass-Licker, Overeater, Spanker and Shorty. They, too, have single-minded agendas and become intrigued by women in fabulous shoes. They’re notorious for taking what they want and giving back something the women don’t always want. Some of those men stop only by for one night and continue to the next pair of shoes they are intrigued by.

If we take this comparison to the next level by saying that the men in Sex And The City are actually out there in real life – are we saying that all single men are like the Icelandic Yule lads? Unfortunately, I’ve witnessed some scary traits in the past and continue to do so now through my single friends: there’s a guy who likes to text message pictures of his package to girls he has just met; there’s a guy who grabs his balls during a climactic moment; and then there’s the obsessed guy who parks outside the house to spy. These are just a few examples. I believe what we have here are: Package-Texter, Ball-Grabber, and the Creepy-Peeper.