[POLL] - Do you celebrate St Nicks Day

[Kelemvor]

Do you celebrate it with your kids, or did you celebrate it when you were a kid? Our daughter is 3 this year so I think we'll be doing it since it's tonight.

We would put our stockings up on Christmas and get them filled that night. My wife did it on St Nick's Day so of course, that's what we'll be doing for our kids.

General Info:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Nicholas

US section:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S..._and_the_United_States

While feasts of Saint Nicholas are not observed nationally, cities with strong German influences like Milwaukee, Cincinnati, and St. Louis celebrate St. Nick's Day on a scale similar to the German custom. On the previous night, children put one empty shoe (or sock) outside, and, on the following morning of December 6, the children awake to find that St. Nick has filled their previously empty footwear with candy and small presents (if the children have been "good") or coal (if not). For these children, the relationship between St. Nick and Santa Claus is not clearly defined, although St. Nick is usually explained to be a helper of Santa. The tradition of St. Nick's Day is firmly established in the Milwaukee and St. Louis communities, with parents often continuing to observe the day with even their adult children. Widespread adoption of observing the tradition has spread throughout the german, polish and belgian communities throughout Wisconsin, and is carried out through modern times.

 

[coldmeat]

I voted Huh? because I've never heard of it.

edit: Actually, I kind of remember being in kindergarten and sometime in December we would go to get ready for recess and find candy in our boots. Maybe this was for St. Nicks day. I always thought it was just for Christmas.

 

[Kelemvor]

Originally posted by: coldmeat
I voted Huh? because I've never heard of it.

Exactly why I made a "huh" option.

 

[tw1164]

Is this one of those holidays where Irish people put food coloring in their beer, get drunk, and beat each other up?

 

[Chryso]

Originally posted by: tw1164
Is this one of those holidays where Irish people put food coloring in their beer, get drunk, and beat each other up?

Don't they do that all the time?

 

[meltdown75]

huh on aisle 1

 

[ggnl]

Originally posted by: Chryso

Originally posted by: tw1164
Is this one of those holidays where Irish people put food coloring in their beer, get drunk, and beat each other up?

Don't they do that all the time?

I believe it's the food coloring that marks it as a special occasion.

 

[torpid]

I accidentally celebrated it this morning. Last night I opened some birthday presents that were a couple months late from a family member. In them were Æbleskiver mix and an Æbleskiver pan. We made the pancakes this morning. Holy crap are they delicious!

Not really sure why the mix needs to exist... you still have to do the hardest part which is separate the egg and beat the whites in a mixer until they are fluffy. The mix is just flour and a few other things. :-/

 

[KMFJD]

Sinterklaas