Jól á leið til jarðar

Jól á leið til jarðar (English: Christmas on the Way to Earth) is an Icelandic television series that first aired on Icelandic public television channel Sjónvarpið in December 1994. The series is a part of Jóladagatal Sjónvarpsins, an ongoing series of televised advent calendars. It was created by Sigurður Örn Brynjólfsson and Friðrik Erlingsson, and was the first stop-motion advent calendar on Icelandic television. The show was produced at Nukufilm studios in Tallinn, Estonia.[1]

Jól á leið til jarðar
Opening titles
Genre	Stop motion children's miniseries Christmas calendar
Created by	Sigurður Örn Brynjólfsson Friðrik Erlingsson
Written by	Friðrik Erlingsson
Directed by	Sigurður Örn Brynjólfsson
Starring	Sigurður Sigurjónsson Laddi Örn Árnason
Narrated by	Örn Árnason
Theme music composer	Sigurður Rúnar Jónsson
Country of origin	Iceland
Original language	Icelandic
No. of episodes	24
Production
Cinematography	Urmas Sepp
Editors	Sigurður Örn Brynjólfsson Kulli Jaama Ivar Hansen
Production company	Siggi Anima Stuudio
Budget	ISK 11 million
Release
Original network	Sjónvarpið
Original release	1 December – 24 December 1994
Chronology
Preceded by	Tveir á báti (1992) (previous original production)
Followed by	Hvar er Völundur? (1996) (next original production)

The show was voiced by actors and comedians Sigurður Sigurjónsson, Laddi and Örn Árnason.

Jól á leið til jarðar was rerun on Sjónvarpið in December 1999 and 2007.

A physical advent calendar containing leads to each episode's plot was published in conjunction with the initial airing of the series.

Premise

Two inexperienced angels from heaven must deliver a casket containing the holiday of Christmas to Earth in time for Christmas Eve, as the evil Öngull attempts to steal the casket, and sink it in the deepest black hole in space.

References

1. "Brúðumyndin kemur til Íslands". Morgunblaðið. 24 November 1994. Retrieved 15 Feb 2011.