Do you know about St. Nikolaus? We always celebrated "Nikolaus Tag" in Germany and think that many in the United States also celebrate it. It is so fun...Nikolaus visits in the night from December 5th to the 6th and in anticipation for his visit we leave out our boot{s}. To be sure that he has easy access to get to them we leave them out on the {covered} back porch. The girls love it and the anticipation is high the night before he visits, and in the morning. Will he visit? Did he visit? Is he still here? Did he bring us something? Or did he bring us "Ruten" {twigs}? You get the picture, right?
He always used to leave little presents for me when I was a kid, but there was also always a "Rute". The "Rute" was decorated with "snow" {cotton balls}, and chocolate...always fun...
St.Nikolaus visited...boots are filled
Alena and the "Rute"
So did he visit this year? Yes, he did and the girlies were so happy. He brought little oranges, hazelnuts, a small ornament for each girl, a chocolate bar for Alena, a box of Tic Tacs for Mia Rose, a box of stickers for each girl, a mini eraser AND...tahhhh-dahhhh a mini Rute. The Rute was complete with "snow" and {dairy free} chocolate. Whoo-hoo, where did he get it...well, I think there was some assistance from a glue gun and this mothership :) Yup, it was is a lot of fun...
and here is Alena to tell you what happened today :)
Do you have a fun tradition? I would to hear about it....
