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Today is the first magic night of December. Why? Because St. Nicholas brings gifts to kids.
Who is St. Nicholas?
St. Nicholas is a legendary character in Central Europe.
St. Nicholas’s legend?
Legend says that three sisters, daughters of a poor nobleman, could not marry because of the precarious financial situation. It is said that when eldest daughter reached marriageable time, Nicholas, already a bishop, left at the door of the noble house, a bag of gold. And he did it again for the other two girls when their time came. Girl’s father found out about the bishop’s gifts and he told everybody, despite that St. Nicolas ask him to keep the secret. Since then, everyone who gets an unexpected gift thank Nicholas for it.
You will say, hey that’s Santa Claus. No, he’s not. We have Santa Claus too.
Differences between St. Nicholas and Santa Claus
St. Nicholas brings gifts to children on the eve of St. Nicholas as Santa Claus comes on Christmas Eve
St. Nicholas comes riding on a white horse while Santa Claus comes on a sledge with reindeer
St. Nicholas give gifts to good children in their polished boots and Santa leaves them under the Christmas tree.
Astăzi este prima noapte magică a lui decembrie. Vine Moș Nicolae cu daruri pentru copiii cuminți.
Cine este Moș Nicolae?
Este un personaj legendar în România și nu numai. El vine și pentru copiii din toată Europa Centrală.
Legenda lui Moș Nicolae
Se spune că un nobil sărac avea trei fete numai bune de măritat. Dar nu le putea mărita pentru că nu avea bani. Nicolae, care pe vremea aceea era episcop, a auzit de acest lucru. Și, când fata cea mare a nobilului a ajuns la vremea măritișului, Nicolae a lăsat la ușa casei lor un săculeț cu aur. Și așa a făcut apoi și pentru celelalte două fete. Tatăl acestora a aflat și a spus la toată lumea, deși Nicolae îl rugase să păstreze secretul.
De atunci, oricine primește un cadou neașteptat îi mulțumește Sfântului Nicolae.
Thanks lovely!
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I always thought that St. Nicholas and Santa were the same! Thank you for this, it was a wonderful read, Monica!
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🙂 You are welcome
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Nice post, deat Monica! I knew the difference, but it’s interesting to hear the story! Actually, this is one of my favourite days, although we celebrate it a bit later on December 19th, Eastern Orthodox!
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Thanks 🙂 I am glad you liked the story
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Cute! I like these kinda story! I think everyday there is a saint? I saw it in an european calendar before
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Thank you 🙂
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Thank you…I like being reminded of St. Nicholas. The U.S. is very Santa-centric. The story is wonderful. Cheers!
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Thanks 🙂 Cheers
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Oh cool, nice to know, I hope st. Nicholas could gift us something too may be we are not children but we are good, 😀
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🙂
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What a wonderful post!
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Thanks again 🙂 You’re so kind
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May both of them come to me. 🙂
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So did you got magical gift 📪
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Yes. A lot of sweets and fruits.
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Cool! Healthy ones 👍🏿
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Not all, but I like all 🙂
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Yes I know ice cream 🍨🍧🍡
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Nooooo way 🙂
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Ha ha 😀 I wish you get it on Christmas 👍🏿👍🏿
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🙂
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😀
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Magic post
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Thanks, Derrick 🙂
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Love this post. You know I enjoy this kind of magical stories.
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I am glad you liked it, Doc 🙂
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Thank you for visiting my place, and your many likes, as well as follow 🙂 I too am bilingual (Finnish) although I only blog in English. I enjoyed reading about St Nicholas. We have Santa Claus, as you know from reading my story about his village. He comes to visit children at home on Christmas Eve. Although we now live in Australia we still follow the European Christmas traditions. When the kids were little we always had a relative, neighbour or friend dress up as Santa and give out the gifts 🙂
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Hey! From your village Santa Claus comes to us too, on December 25. But we have also St. Nicholas. He’s the first and then Santa 🙂 🙂
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He comes to us first then, as our visit is on Dec 24th evening.
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Beautiful. Thanks for telling us the differences between the two.
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You’re welcome 🙂
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Love the story!! One of the names used in Venezuela is San Nicolás, which actually translates to St. Nicholas! I think we have mixed both stories, I’m afraid…
Because in Venezuela, San Nicolás is supposed to come on December 24th…
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Having both a Romanian and an Englishman in the home we leave our shoes in the windowsill this evening (5 Dec) and hang our Christmas stockings on Christmas Eve, hopping for some sweets in the shoes (if we have been good, a stick if not) and find the stocking filled with chocolate, fruit and nuts, perhaps a little present from Santa, on Christmas morning.
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Hahaha! Yes, a stick if not :))
Happy Holidays, dear friend ❤
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Lovely story dear Monica. May your life be full of magic. Hugs ✨xo
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Glad you liked it, dear Miriam. I wish you a lot of magic, too!
Mo-hugs and kisses ❤
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A wonderful post, Monica and so interesting to learn about this celebration. I have heard about St. Nicholas on the 5th but never knew the history about it…Beautiful photo!
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Thank you very much, dear Annika 🙂
I am so glad you liked it.
Mo-hugs ❤
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Buna ziua draga mea Mona!
Frumos! Mosul sa iti aduca bucurii, tot ce iti doresti! Esti un inger printre noi, meriti tot ceea ce iti doresti! Pupici! 🌲🌺☕🍀😘
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Hey! Multumesc mult, draga Ileana 🙂
Asemenea si tie, suflet frumos ❤
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Thank you for explaining this! 🙂
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You’re very welcome, dear Jennie ❤
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😍
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Christmas miracles have started 🙂🎅
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Oh, yeah 🙂
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Nice painting
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The English link did not work here. However, it does work on some posts. Maybe it’s me?
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Love this, Santa always makes me so excited
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