The St. Nicholas Day tradition we now do with Nugget is one that both Daniel and I had when we were little. We both always had oranges in our stockings, though I don't think I knew the symbolism until I was in college or later. The symbols we put in Anni's stocking (as well as a few other fun things) are a candy cane to represent St. Nicholas' bishop staff and oranges and chocolate gold coins to represent the gold he left for the three sisters for their dowry. Anni's favorite thus far? Her foot book and the gold coins (definitely an easy chocolate for her to eat). We also had some treats in our stockings, but it's not as fun to watch us open them :).
*I just realized I called the bishop's staff a mitre in the video (which is actually his "hat")... oops! Just pretend I was still sleepy eyed from having just woken up.
How fun! Though I knew oranges were traditional gifts from St. Nicholas I never knew why. It makes sense. Thanks for sharing that.
ReplyDeleteHow sweet! Thank you for sharing!
ReplyDeleteShe is so sweet! I also received an orange in my stocking :)
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