Tuesday, November 26, 2013

December 6th, St. Nicholas' Day

Here is a post from our family's celebration of the Feast of St. Nicholas back in 2008.  It has become one of my boys' favorite days of the year and the book I recommend, The Bakers Dozen, is a must have!  Here is a link to a wonderful site that has many more great ideas for celebrating this wonderful feast!




"Yesterday was St. Nicholas' Day, which in our house means you wake up to treats in your shoes!! We read several books about St. Nicholas this year in preparation for this day, and we especially enjoyed a new find called The Baker's Dozen. I made cookies like the ones found in the book (sort of!) which the boys enjoyed having for breakfast. I think St. Nicholas' Day is my favorite advent feast day because we get to celebrate the magic and joy of giving, but in the context of a real person, whose life we can imitate. I think Will really liked it too, but for different reasons...he knew immediately that there was something tasty inside that form of St. Nicholas and when I peeled the foil back to reveal the chocolate his eyes grew wide and he said, "OOOOO!" For the next hour he sat happily licking away while I finished baking the cookies!!"

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