Monday 6 December 2010

St Nicholas Day - 6th December - How do you celebrate?

Happy St Nicholas Day to you all....

Do you or your country celebrate??

According to this website,
we do celebrate it in the UK .. 
  I have never heard any mention 
of the day here, so might just 
be in a few towns.. !!

I did celebrate when 
I was a little girl
and lived 
in the Netherlands. 

I am sure there are
wonderful Festas going
on around the world, hope
you get to enjoy and celebrate
at one!

14 comments:

  1. Hi Anne, Saint-Nicolas Day is a very, very big event in Belgium. I don't celebrate it any longer as I've 'outgrown' it and have no children. I do treat myself to marzipan - a typical Saint Nicolas treat - and Spanish Clementines though. Yum ;)

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  2. We do celebtate here-kids get small gives (Santa puts them under pillow or to their shoes)-bigger gifts are for 24th

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  3. Hi Anne, that picture is very very precious! It's exactly the setting I photographed yesterday ;)
    SO much fun that we both did a post on Sinterklaas today. He will be almost back in Spain by now ;)
    How long have you lived in Holland? I didn't know you have lived here. Do you know a few Nederlandse woorden still?
    Have a lovely avond xxxx

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  5. Yes, I remember it from when I was a child, but it really has got lost since living in the UK. I love that picture, can you imagine something like that nowadays? So un-PC, which is fine by me - it made me smile! Have a great week, Love from London x

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  6. What a lovely photo. I didn't know you lived in Holland as a child. xx

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  7. I have always thought it was a Dutch thing. We don't celebrate it here.

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  8. Hi Anne,

    Welllllll, I just learned about it a few moments ago from reading Lindy Lou Mac's post about it... Haha! I'm not Catholic and don't know much about St.s Days... But St. Nic's Day is a good one, since he's the St. Nic for Christmas!!! I will have to get with the program next year... I think I'll wear my Santa hat all day to celebrate!

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  9. Well Saint Nicholas is celebrated in Italy although I just wrote about it, we did not personally celebrate. I love the old photo you included.

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  10. What an adorable photo! We are still eating the goodies that St. Nicholas left our children. He is rather generous. :D

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  11. Does sound like fun but we do not celebrate this holiday in Canada.

    Hope all is well and your heart is full with the magic of the season. xoxoxox hugs

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  12. Nope we don't celebrate it here. Ain't St Nicholas the legendary Santa Claus? ;)

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  13. I have no idea if it is celebrated in France, certainly not a public holiday. 01 November is all saints day and that is a public holiday.

    Aha just discovered - In France Saint Nicolas comes primarily in Alsace, Lorraine, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, and Brittany. A little donkey carries baskets filled with children's gifts and treats.

    The whole family gets ready for the saint's arrival on December 6, with grandparents telling stories of the saint.

    Have a good weekend, Diane xox

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  14. Happy St. Nicholas Day, Anne!

    We don't celebrate it in the Philippines but I'm delightful to greet you nonetheless.

    Wish you a great weekend ahead too!

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