For those of you who don't know, St. Nicholas' feast day is December 6
th. In some traditions (I think German and Dutch) St. Nick brought kids presents on his feast day each year. This is a tradition my family continued during my childhood. (No, we're not German or Dutch, but that is what happens when you live in enough different areas of the country over generations--you pick up things.) And, yes, Santa Claus still comes on Christmas.
And so today our little Nicholas experienced his first St. Nick's Day.
Growing up St. Nick used one of our socks rather than the larger stockings, but Nicholas' socks couldn't hold anything that wasn't a choking risk.
And what did St. Nick bring?
Some
sippy cups since Nicholas is so interested in trying to drink out of our glasses.
And a few bibs because we can't do laundry quickly enough to keep up with his meals.
He was pretty nonplussed by the whole thing. He was interested in the
sippy cups, but mostly in trying to chew on the spout. We may need to wait and try again when he isn't teething. (There will be a day eventually when he goes more than 2 weeks without teething, right?)
I can attest that teething stops, I promise! (Now, it does pick up again, but I won't tell you that... oops!)
ReplyDeleteSo great to have something special to celebrate and a fun tradition to pass on. That's great.