Wednesday, December 6, 2017

How We Celebrate St. Nicholas Day

Hello there! Long time, no blog post, I know. I'm briefly back to tell you how we celebrate Saint Nicholas Day. 

On the morning of December 6th, the kids wake up to presents in their stockings and gold (chocolate) coins in their shoes. 





We eat a big breakfast and then open presents. Either the night before or the day of I try to read to them about Saint Nicholas. After opening presents, we head out to go shopping for the people we picked off our "giving tree" from church. Each kid gets to pick a person off of the tree. We explain to our kids that we give to those who have less than we do, just like Saint Nicholas did. The stockings, the gold coins, and the giving to others all comes from the stories of Saint Nicholas, who was a real Catholic bishop who served the people in Myra. 





I usually try to keep the stocking gifts small. This year, I tried to do the "something to wear, something to read, something you want, and something you need" to keep me in check. Their favorite thing this year? The PEZ dispensers and candy that harken back to my childhood. They were SO EXCITED! 



We usually finish out the day by cooking "Greek" food (not sure how authentic we get, but we try). This year, life has been really busy, and we've been trying to find ways to simplify. So this year, instead of cooking, we're going to a Greek restaurant in our area (Myra was an ancient Greek town). A couple of years we've also included picking up our Christmas tree, but that seemed like too much this year so we spaced that out on another day. And that's how we celebrate. :)

Happy Saint Nicholas Day!

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