Santa Claus Day (Sankt Nikolaus)

December 6th is Sankt Nikolaus or Santa Claus day in Germany. Kids put there boots in front of the door the night of December 5th and Sankt Nikolaus comes bye and drops something in their boots.

If you’ve been good you will receive chocolates, oranges, nutes and little toys. If you’ve been bad you get a wipe or rode to remind you to be good.

Since Luka is half German, he also put his tiny little boots in front of his door. Although Hillsboro is a far way from Germany, Sankt Nikolaus did come bye to drop off some goodies. Now, it’s hard to find something a 1 week old baby wants other than a fresh diaper or a bottle of food, but Sankt Nikolaus was able to find something: little socks (all the way from Germany) and a little chocolate santa (which mommy eat so baby can “taste” it in the milk).

Now, we aren’t quite sure yet which German and which American traditions to keep for Luka, since keeping both might confuse the poor kid, but we’ll figure it out over the next year or so.

For more info about Sankt Nikolaus see:
http://www.thehistoryofchristmas.com/traditions/germany.htm