Both my parents were born in Germany and immigrated to the US in the early 1920's. I remember them, mostly my mother, talking about St Nicholas and that St Nicholas Day was celebrated over there in early December and, at least when she was a child, was a more important celebration for the kids than Christmas. Christmas in Germany in the early 1900s was a more religious holiday. My guess for St Nicholas Day would have been December 7 but I will defer to Dave, the 6th is close.
So, those of us in the US get two things from Canada, cold weather and Santa Claus. I guess they're a trade off although we've gotten a lot of cold from Canada so far this fall/winter. I'm sure Santa will make up for it, more boat presents??, I've been good, really very good, just ask my wife. John Emmerich 5874 Fortitude I have a list > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of McCance/Robinson > Sent: Thursday, December 22, 2005 9:10 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: catalina27-talk: A Nautical Night Before Christmas > > > >Sorry Dave, > > > >But... Saint Nicholas (patron of Sailors, ect.... see below).. LOL > > > >Birthplace of St. Nicholas, PATARA: a city west of Myra (now > Demre, Turkey) > > > >While I'm sure he loved Canada , as many of us do,, He never > knew of it.. > > > Ahhh, but the REAL Santa (as created by Coca Cola, the REAL thing) > lives at the North Pole, which makes him a canuck, the magnetic pole > currently being on Ellesmere Island somewhere. Everyone knows that! > Except for Church History majors..... > > You are obviously confusing Santa Claus with the Saint Nicholas of > Myra guy who made a habit of buying young girls out of prostitution > or something...... > > In many countries, Nicholas visits children on his feast day, 6 > December, and brings them gifts then. This OBVIOUSLY is the wrong > guy..... > > > > > > > But thanks for the hagiography. > and merry christmas > -- > Dave Robinson > Peregrine > Catalina 27 #3695 > 1978 Standard Rig, Traditional Interior, A4, Tiller > Jacksons Point, Ontario > http://www.neptune.on.ca/~canoe/ > "Cruising has two pleasures. > One is to go out in wider waters from a sheltered place. > The other is to go into a sheltered place from wider waters". > -Howard Bloomfield >
