December 6th is Saint Nicholas Day, when much of Europe celebrates the man whose myths created the Santa whose arrival Americans await on December 24th. Saint Nicholas was the patron saint of many things but was especially known for his generosity and good deeds. On the night of December 5th, German children put out their shoes and often leave oats and carrots for Saint Nicholas' horse. If the children were good, their shoes would be filled with small toys and treats, but if not...well, lets not talk about that since all children are good.So, last night Ravenna put out her shoes and this morning, look what she found:
A fresh dusting of snow and some awesome finger puppets!
She just loves them! I think that we will continue this tradition in the future because it was lots of fun and fits in well with our Advent celebration. Tonight we lit our second Advent candle, read scriptures prophesying of Christ's coming and sang, "The First Noel."
4 comments:
Aw, she's so cute! I've been thinking maybe I'll do St. Nicholas Day one of these years too. We've been observing Advent for the past three years, and I love it.
Fun tradition!
I am trying to find your blog post about sewing those gift bags w/mitered edges...which one is it? I need to use the pattern. Thanks!
Here is the post Hannah: V=http://drewcarrie.blogspot.com/2009/04/going-green-sewing-edition.html
That's so funny because David and I have been collecting wooden shoes (I'm Dutch) for a while and this year will be the first that we'll do this tradition with Noah. Great minds think alike.
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