Saint Nicolas

In Belgium, on the 6th of December, Saint Nicolas, the children's Saint, comes through the chimney and drops goodies and gifts to good little children; he puts it in their shoes (or by them). When I was little, about 2 weeks prior to the 6th, we would set out one shoe in the kitchen (close enough to the chimney) and Saint Nicolas (called Sinterklaas in Holland, same tradition) would come and give us a chocolate. I was always up before my brother, who is 4 years older, and would always run and tell him that Saint Nicolas came and what he got. For some reason, he hated that??? So since my children are half Belgian, we try to keep the tradition in our home too. We don't do the shoes two weeks in advance, because it would be way too much candies, right after Halloween, but he does come and give a little something on the 6th.

We have a song that my kids don't know, but I'll write it down anyway

Saint Nicolas, patron des ecoliers

Apporte-moi de pommes dans mes petits souliers.

Je serais toujours sage,

Comme un petit mouton.

Je dirai mes prieres avant de faire dodo.

Venez, venez Saint Nicolas,

Venez, venez

Venez, venez Saint Nicolas

Et tralala