Thursday, December 6, 2012

St. Nicholas Day


Today we celebrate St. Nicholas Day (Hl. Nikolaus),
a festival for children in many countries in Europe.


3 comments:

Dina said...

Happy St. Nicholas Day, Karl!

And thanks for the link. I learned that St. Nicholas is the patron saint of nearby Beit Jala where he spent 4 years of his life on pilgrimage in the Holy Land.
I hope you have been good and that he left you some coins in your shoe. : )

Sharon said...

Have a wonderful St. Nicholas Day! What a jolly fellow you have pictured here.

Lowell said...

That is a nice photo of jolly ol'd St. Nick! Here we've got the guy confused with Santa Claus! :-)

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