I am trying to figure out who and where do people celebrate St. Nick's.....I was raised in Milwaukee, WI, but now live in southern North Carolina and no one here has ever heard of it and they look at me like I'm growing a second head when I talk about it.
2006-12-05 05:49:56 · 7 answers · asked by Pamela H 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Christmas
Saint Nicolas is celebrated in Belgium, the Netherlands, part of Germany, northern France and Switzerland. I live in Belgium and it is still a vivid tradition
2006-12-05 06:04:33 · answer #1 · answered by lion1950 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm from Cleveland, OH. Around here, it's considered a Catholic holiday. And it's more of a family tradition rather than a community tradition, like Christmas. Not everyone celebrates it. And I think it has faded out more and more through the generations. It's not a huge tradition... we would have candy in our shoes when we woke up St. Nick's day. And as children, we often forgot when it was, so it was a lot of fun to find candy in our shoes in the morning. My friend is from New Jersey and she has never heard about St. Nick's Day. Then again, in Cleveland we have Sweetest Day and not many people know what that is either. I suppose it just depends where you're from and how traditions are passed.
2006-12-05 06:27:09 · answer #2 · answered by ☆skyblue 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Saint Nicolas, in French, or Sinterklaas in Dutch is definitely celebrated on the 6th of December. besides the fact that this isn't any longer a Catholic custom, it particularly is a Dutch and Belgian one. in accordance to the legend, St Nicholas grow to be a bishop of Asia Minor who did lots stable for infants. The Dutch/Belgian tale says that he comes from Spain, by employing deliver, consistent with annum, including his helper the Black Pete, driving a donkey, to furnish provides to infants during the evening to the 6th. while i grow to be a newborn in Belgium, in the 50s, we've been given provides on St Nicholas' day yet none on Christmas that grow to be often a non secular occasion and hour of darkness Mass. in the present day, Dutch and Belgian infants get present day at the two St Nicholas and yuletide and that they even start up celebrating Halloween the yank way. by the form, the commonly used Santa Claus is a -made in u . s . a . - mix of the Dutch Sinterklaas, extremely the Scandinavian Julenisse (Christmas gnome) and he have been given his pink adventure from Coca-Cola classified ads!
2016-10-14 01:54:01 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Does the second head look like St. Nick.
Coach
2006-12-05 05:57:13 · answer #4 · answered by Thanks for the Yahoo Jacket 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
i know it!! when i was a kid, every december 5th, before we went to bed, my sisters and i would leave our shoes outside our rooms with our christmas list in it, and st nicholas would come during the night to take the list and leave us some candy.
im born and raised in chicago IL
2006-12-05 05:59:41 · answer #5 · answered by Joey L 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm in Saskatchewan, Canada.
We celebrate it. I think it depends on your ethnic background. We are Ukrainian, so we observe it - have to get the goodies ready for my kids' boots tonight!
2006-12-05 09:47:14 · answer #6 · answered by Lydia 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it is mainly Dutch and Spanish in origin.
2006-12-05 05:53:26 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋