I have some European blood flowing through my veins. Mostly German, but I'm told there's a bit of Scottish and British mixed in as well. Regardless, it's the German that holds the most precedence. Especially in this post. (I actually claim my Aussie roots far more often... until December 6th, of course).
My family celebrates Saint Nicholas Day. It's like Christmas but smaller and earlier. But there are gifts involved none the less.
The deal is (for those of you who haven't heard of this awesome day until now), you put a shoe outside of your bedroom door on the night of December the 5th and when you wake up the next morning, your shoe is full of presents! Kinda like this:
It's pretty much the coolest thing ever.
Most of the presents are usually edible, but one year I got the Complete Works of Shakespeare so... it's pretty sweet.
I guess I could have mentioned this earlier... because if any of you want to start up the tradition in your own homes, you'll have to wait a whole year now. I just figured I should tell you about it first before wishing you a happy saint nicholas day... So now that you've been enlightened (or possibly just reminded):
Happy Saint Nicolas Day!
Go buy someone some chocolate... or better - a pair of shoes! :) Oh! And if you want to read up on the why of this holiday... you can look at the wikipedia page about it. I know wikipedia is supposedly a faulty source, but I've learned many an interesting fact by browsing through that website. So there!
Keep it real.
1 comment:
Happy St. Nicolas Day!
I never heard of this tradition and my Oma is German. Thats really strange! Theres just one thing I do not understand... edible presents in a shoe? Surely a better vessel to hold the presents could have been thought of by our brilliant ancestors!
And Knecht Ruprecht...? If this dude is walking around with St. Nic, I'm going to stay clear! No dark forest and beatings for me thank you very much!
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