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NIKOLAUSTAG- DAY der 6. Dezember

Was ist Nikolaustag? (What is Nicholas Day?)

1. On December 6th, originally the day Christ was baptised by Johannes, St. Nicholas comes on a sled drawn by a donkey or rides a white pony. • It is the beginning of the real season. • Nikolaus has a day of his own three weeks before the anniversary of Christ's birth. • Nicholas and the Christ Child are not in competition on . th • In between the 6 and the 25th, the people are reminded of the religious significance of the birth of Christ without interruption or interference. • Yuletide season opens officially on December 5th ( Eve) or on the morning of the 6th, when the good saint appears in person in many towns and villages and calls on the children. th 2. The famous feast of St. Nicholas, December 6 , is the day Santa Claus visits the children, bringing gifts of fruit and nuts for the well-behaved and paddlings for the naughty ones. - December 6th is Nikolaustag in - the annual celebration of the life of St Nikolaus, who died on this day some time between AD 345 and 351 .

St. Nicholas Day _

December 6 is the day that celebrates St. Nicholas - Santa Claus's predecessor, if you like.

What would the end of fall be without the arrival of Santa Claus down the chimney? The German version is St. Nicholas, and he arrives on December 6. Dressed in a red suit with white, he brings sweets to good children, and bits of coal to those who have been naughty. St. Nicholas was a fourth-century bishop who helped the needy, and is still a reminder of the need to assist those who are suffering.