St. Nicholas’ Feast Day is right around the corner on December 6th! In this blog post, I will share with you some of our family traditions for this special day. If you already celebrate St. Nicholas Day with your family, please share some of your favorite traditions as well!
The tradition of St. Nicholas Day isn’t celebrated here in the United States as much as it is in other parts of the world. In fact, some families actually give their presents on St. Nicholas Day instead of on Christmas or the Epiphany!
There are so many different way to celebrate St. Nicholas Day, and it’s so fun to bring these Catholic traditions to life for our children!
Shoe Tradition
The night before St. Nicholas Day, we will put all of our shoes under the Christmas tree! We like to fill them with:
- traditionally a mandarine)
- Chocolate gold coins (I like these ones)
- candy cane (the first one of the season)
- an ornament they can keep them for when they move out! (link to the one in the picture)
- Christian Book (These are our families favorites)
- I usually get the kids there Christmas pajamas for the season. Some good ones HERE
- Sweet little toys HERE are my ideas
- Saint Nicholas toys pictured below.
Of course pray! When ever there is a Saint feast day it is good to pray and ask them to help! HERE is a sweet prayer you can pray with your family!
Search and Find: St. Nicholas
We don’t do Elf on the Shelf, but on the morning of St. Nicholas Day, we hide our little St. Nicholas figurine and the kids go search for him! Whoever finds him gets a little treat afterwards. We will continue this tradition through Christmas morning. The kids think this is a blast!
St. Nicholas Movie
We also watch a movie on St. Nicholas Day. They love this one The Boy Who Became Santa it’s Veggie Tales. The kids will watch one of the movies when they get home from school!
Or if you would rather read a story there are several great ones HERE or you can print out the one listed below!
St. Nicholas cookie
We love to make these St. Nicholas cookies together to celebrate his feast day. They are absolutely adorable and so delicious. Then we give them to neighbors just like Saint Nicholas gave things people needed or enjoyed! It is a great way to show generosity.
