Happy St. Nicholas Day!

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  1. panzerman

    panzerman Well-Known Member

    Wish all CT members a very special and wonderfull St. Nicholas Day:)

    John
     
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  3. Bing

    Bing Illegitimi non carborundum Supporter

    Same. Did you get coal or candy? I got switches, coal and a little candy.
     
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  4. panzerman

    panzerman Well-Known Member

    My lovely wife forgot....so I ended up going to COSTCO and she got me a large chocolate/vanilla swirl soft icecream cone! But, when we got home the mailman arrived and brought a nice registered packet with my last three coins from Roma Auction. So, my wife Judi told me that was my St. Nicholas gift/ problem is I paid for them:(:(:(:(:(:(
    French have saying for this, "Si la vie" Cucumbor would know.
     
  5. Bing

    Bing Illegitimi non carborundum Supporter

    The French C'est la vie - that's life. But it is used more in English than French with the meaning being the same in both languages.
     
  6. Pishpash

    Pishpash Well-Known Member

    Gosh, I forgot it was St Nicholas's day. When I was at boarding school in Germany, our shoes would be cleaned and put outside the dormatory at night. In the morning, we would have a small packet of sweets inside each shoe. Provided the shoes were properly cleaned of course. I can say that on the 7th, you wouldn't see dirty shoes withing the whole school.
     
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  7. FitzNigel

    FitzNigel Medievalist

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    And since St. Nick was at the Council of Nicaea, I’ll leave a coin of the presider here (just to make this official...)
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    Imperial Rome
    Constantine I, r. 307-337; Rome Mint, Billon Follis, 20.49mm x 3.3 grams
    Obv.: IMP CONSTANTINVS PF AVG, Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right.
    Rev.: SOLI INV-I-CTO COMITI, Sol Standing left, holding globe, raising right hand, S left, F right. Mintmark RQ
    Ref.: SRCV 16098
     
  8. Caesar_Augustus

    Caesar_Augustus Well-Known Member

  9. tibor

    tibor Supporter! Supporter

    Some countries in Europe celebrate St. Nick day on Dec.5th.
    At my house my brother and I would shine/clean our shoes
    and place them on the window sill after sunset and place a list
    of some of the gifts we hope to get Christmas morning. After a
    while we found that the list was gone and some candy and cash
    were with the shoes. Those were good times. Away from Europe
    it is mostly a European Catholic tradition.
     
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  10. panzerman

    panzerman Well-Known Member

    Its nice to see the more religious aspects. In Germany we also have Christmas as a celebration of the birth of the baby Jesus.:happy:
     
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  11. ancient coin hunter

    ancient coin hunter 3rd Century Usurper

    Happy St. Nicholas Day!!!
     
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