St. Nicholas Day or the feast of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker is celebrated on December 19 among Orthodox Christians and on December 6 - among Catholics. St. Nicholas is the patron of all children, so there is a long tradition to give babies gifts on this holiday. Below we will tell you what gifts Nikolai chooses for children and how to present them properly.
What gifts does St. Nicholas bring to children?
Gifts for St. Nicholas Day to children in Western countries are put in shoes or special socks. We have decided to hide gifts under the pillow of the baby, so you need to think in advance how to do it carefully.
According to the idea of the holiday, Saint Nicholas gives gifts only to obedient children, and the rest receive their own coal or a pinch of salt. But here you decide how to do it right with your child.
The most common version of the gift for St. Nicholas Day for children are a variety of sweets: gingerbread cookies, candy sets, chocolate, mandarins and apples.
You can buy your child an interesting set for creativity, based on his preferences, gender and age. It can be a universal set for creating different fakes: engravings, gypsum, sand, sequins, soap , coloring, volumetric puzzles , etc.
A good version of the gift for Nicholas children of preschool and primary school age will be a board game, for example, with the participation of popular cartoon characters ("Fixiki", "Masha and the Bear", "Pig Pig"). Many children like to collect constructors: locks, railways, doll houses.
An excellent alternative to an ordinary gift can be a joint trip with your beloved child to the circus, to the ice rink or to the residence of Father Frost. The most important thing in this case is to fully devote time to your child, without being distracted by other questions.