Saint Nickolas Tag

Yesterday was Saint Nickolas Tag in Germany. Before the idea of Santa Clause came over to Europe, Germany had Nickolas. He was a man who went around and gave gifts to children in December. So every December 6th, German children leave their shoes outside in hopes that he will keep coming and fill them with surprises. There was much excitment in our household as the children went to bed Tuesday night. Jacob and Anna love getting surpises. Here is how their shoes looked as we went to bed. Of course, they made sure that they found the largest shoe to put out for more treats!



Sarah didn't know what to think about all of the excitment when she woke up in the morning. We didn't have too much for her, so we made her bottle up and stuck it in her shoe. She loved that!