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Saint Nicholas Day
- black_magnolia
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He had a reputation for secret gift-giving, such as putting coins in the shoes of those who left them out and thus became the model for Santa Claus.
In many countries his death day, December 6th, is celebrated as Saint Nicholas Day.
It's mostly a celebration for children - the day before they polish their shoes and leave them out for Saint Nick. If they behaved good the whole year round they get sweets and if they were misbehaving - then they won't get a visit from Nick but from the Krampus/Devil who leaves them black coal or a wooden whip in their shoos.
Is there a Saint Nick day in your country? Do you celebrate it?
I myself, don't celebrate it at all, but am just aware of it because of the huge amount of children activities advertised in the city...
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Yes we do well really just Christmas, but not his specific day,(Dec 25th not the 6th) then again this is the US and it seems we always mess something up, and it is so commercialized that it has really lost it's meaning here. :S
Same in England. The 25th - Christmas. It's very commercialised as well. >.<
I don't think kids these days realise what the lesson is with 'St. Nick'/'Santa' (e.g. Behaving well)..It's just a day where they get tons of presents regardless of their behaviour. You end up with a country full of screaming, bratty children who demand this, that and the other for Christmas. Annoys me.
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