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Naughty St. Nick! - naughtily nicked from LuckyHens Blog

'In the end, the "true" St. Nicholas is as unknowable, and possibly as fictional, as a shopping-mall Santa. But does it matter? Whether historical, fantastical or a combination of both, he meant so much to those who revered him that he became forever associated with the gift of love that is Christmas.
Yesterday - 5th Dec - is a good day to eat a speculaas (the traditional St. Nick's Day cookie in the Netherlands and Belgium), or slip a pre-Christmas gift into our children's shoes (poor reindeer)—and consider just why we buy all those presents every December.'

(From here)

There are some delightful Christmas pics on LuckyHens Blog - Light Up Your Coops