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  2. What is St. Nicholas Day? How the German and Dutch holiday ...

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    Dec. 4, 2022; Columbus, Ohio, USA; Shoes are set out in the hopes of them being filled with sweets for St. Nicholas Day during the Ohio History Connection's annual Dickens of a Christmas event ...

  3. Saint Nicholas Day - Wikipedia

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    Saint Nicholas Day, also called the "Feast of Saint Nicholas", observed on 6 December (or on its eve on 5 December) in Western Christian countries, and on 19 December in Eastern Christian countries using the old church Calendar, is the feast day of Saint Nicholas of Myra; it falls within the season of Advent. [3]

  4. Christmas stocking - Wikipedia

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    A filled Christmas stocking. A Christmas stocking is an empty sock or sock-shaped bag that is hung on Saint Nicholas Day or Christmas Eve so that Saint Nicholas (or the related figures of Santa Claus and Father Christmas) can fill it with small toys, candy, fruit, coins or other small gifts when he arrives.

  5. Feast Day and Jolly Old Saint Nicholas

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    But, how did this special day and one of its classic traditions, stockings, originate? We wanted the answers, so we started a hunt to track.

  6. When is St. Nick's Day and why do so many in Wisconsin ... - AOL

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    Every year, on Dec. 6, children all over Milwaukee wake up to find their stockings filled with goodies from St. Nicholas. The holiday is perfect timing for impatient kids excited for Santa, and ...

  7. Saint Nicholas - Wikipedia

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    Today, Saint Nicholas is still celebrated as a great gift-giver in several Western European and Central European countries. In medieval times, Christian nuns in Belgium and France began to deposit baskets of food and clothes anonymously at the doorsteps of the needy, which gave rise to the practice of gift giving on Saint Nicholas Day. [108]

  8. Sinterklaas - Wikipedia

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    Sinterklaas (Dutch: [ˌsɪntərˈklaːs] ⓘ) or Sint-Nicolaas (Dutch: [sɪnt ˈnikoːlaːs] ⓘ) is a legendary figure based on Saint Nicholas, patron saint of children.Other Dutch names for the figure include De Sint ("The Saint"), De Goede Sint ("The Good Saint") and De Goedheiligman ("The Good Holy Man").

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    In Germany, children leave their shoes out in hopes that “St. Nikolaus” would leave treats and other goodies behind. “We would just wake up to our shoes outside, filled with candy and other ...