#wikipedia #pictureoftheday #photography Relocated wooden St. Nicholas the Wonderworker Church 1766, in the Kremlin in Suzdal, Russia #stnicholasday

Happy #StNicholasDay! Born in Patara (in what is now Turkey), the saint known for his secret gift-giving became over time the inspiration for today's figure of Santa Claus. See the visual journey undertaken in our "Pictorial History of Santa Claus" — https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/a-pictorial-history-of-santa-claus

A happy #StNicholasDay to all who celebrate

Watch out, Krampus is on his way!
I hope you've been good enough that he won't catch you.
Have a wonderful St. Nicholas Day anyway!
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Achtung, Krampus ist unterwegs!
Ich hoffe, ihr wardn brav genug, damit er euch nicht erwischt.
Dennoch einen schönen Nikolaustag!

#KätToon #Krampus #StNicholas #StNicholasDay #Nikolaus #NikolausTag

#Krampus is a kind of true, isn't he?
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Krampus ist schon irgendwie wie true, oder?!

#KätToon #StNicholasDay #StNicholas #Nikolaustag #Nikolaus #Metal #Metalhead #MetalMusic #MetalMusik

#FiXatoCommentsOn B. Dylan Hollis' #Pfeffernüsse recipe:

In the Netherlands these 'kruidnoten' (literally: spice nuts), as they are called in Dutch, are still a traditional treat around St. Nicholas Day, 5th/6th of December. (Though I've yet to see them with an icing coating; white, milk, dark chocolate coatings however, are common; and tasty!). They usually already arrive in shops around September/October though.
Though they are colloquially also known as 'pepernoten' (literally: pepper nuts), those are technically a different treat; where kruidnoten are small and crispy, pepernoten are bigger and more chewy. As wikipedia describes it: "They are light brown, square shaped, and made from the same ingredients as taai-taai : rye flour, sugar and anise, and sometimes also cinnamon, and clove. They are fairly chewy, though they harden gradually when exposed to the air."

You should find a recipe for taai-taai (pronounced similar to 'Thai Thai', I guess); you might find that interesting to make and taste too.

#Kruidnoten #pepernoten #taaiTaai #Sinterklaas #StNicholasDay #BDylanHollis #FiXatoWrites

late night #StNicholasDay treat #cinnamonroll

St Nicholas Day

Time for *CHOCOLATE*

Buy, eat, share, give, drink & make chocolate 🍫 🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫

#StNicholasDay #Chocolate

Happy #StNicholasDay! Did you know it’s also #NationalPawnbrokersDay? There’s a connection, as it turns out – which is explained in our video about the history of Christmas stockings: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dryPmMO1cSA

#Etymology #Video #WordNerd #Linguistics #Language #Words #HistoricalLinguistics #Christmas #Stockings

Happy St Nicholas Day! 🎅

Let's honour his legacy of generosity by spreading kindness and faith, just like he did!

#StNicholasDay #6december https://t.co/Sava7Jyb0C
https://twitter.com/ecrgroup/status/1864925239186198969

Viel Spaß mit #Krampus!

#KätToon #KrampusNight #Metal #StNicholasDay #StNicholas #Nikolaus #MetalMusic #MetalMusik #metalheads

Meeting #childhoodfriends is awesome.

#KätToon #TheKardinal #SaintNicholasDay #Nikolas #StNicholasDay #Satire #Krampus #DefinitelyNotADemonMasqueradingAsACardinalToInfiltratingTheCatholicChurch

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/pere-fouettard-french-christmas-monster #france #chrismas #StNicholasDay #cannibal

Cold here 41 (wind chill 39°) but I bundled up and it didn’t seem bad when I walked a short round trip mile to the bank. Good exercise. Brought the tellers oranges for #StNicholasDay. They had never heard about it—3 were from the Caribbean and one from Morocco—but now they’re going to bring some fruit, nuts and candy home for their kids.

Annual reminder that after several centuries of warring over who has the real relics of St. Nicholas, DNA analysis has proved that both Venice and Bari own half and half of Santa.

Sharing the corpses of long dead saints is caring, children.🎅🎅

#StNicholasDay #StNick

Happy #StNicholasDay! Did you know it’s also #NationalPawnbrokersDay? There’s a connection, as it turns out – which is explained in our video about the history of Christmas stockings: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dryPmMO1cSA

#Etymology #Video #WordNerd #Linguistics #Language #Words #HistoricalLinguistics #Christmas #Stockings