Gir recieved a new chew toy from Kris Kringle
Vanessa got Pirate Latitudes by Michael Crichton from Kris Kringle
Chris got a new 8 GB thumb drive from Kris Kringle
Our niece Lucy celebrated her first Kris Kringle Day and got a cute monkey toy
For those of you who don't know what Kris Kringle Day is,
it is a German holiday where on the night of the 5th of December,
each family member puts 1 pair of shoes out in the hall and in the morning,
if they are good, Kris Kringle gives them a small present. If they have been
naughty, they receive coal and sticks in their shoes. I have been celebrating
this holiday for as long as I can remember (my parents picked it up to a visit to
Germany where they were visiting my aunt and uncle when they were first married)
and Chris and I have been continuing the tradition since we have been married.
It is a lot of fun, and if you don't celebrate it yet, it's never too late to start!
3 comments:
We do a lot of German traditions--in fact, on Friday I'm going to my grandma's to make Stollen-German fruitcake. But Kris Kringle Day is not one of the traditions we do--it sounds like a lot of fun!
We celebrate every year, but we use stockings instead of shoes. It is so thoughtful of St. Nick to simply Christmas by giving our children a sneak peak into their Christmas dreams on St. Nicolas Day. My MIL was German.
Simplify, not simply.
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