A very good Feast of St. Nicholas to all.

[SemiCharmedQuark]

Patron saint of children, ships and the wrongly condemned.

[meow2u3]

1. Pray to St. Nick to empty Death Row nationwide

And for kids to grow up to be decent, Christian (non-fundie) adults.

[SemiCharmedQuark]

2. I was thinking St. Nicholas was particularly apt

considering the wrongly condemned at Gitmo et al.

[Reverend_Smitty]

3. When I was in 7th and 8th grade

we were in charge of giving out candy and treats to all the younger kids for St. Nicholas day. They would make little stockings and hang them outside of their classrooms. Then a few of us would stay after school and make sure the kids got their treats when the arrived at school the next day. They were always so happy and I got a kick out of seeing them all so happy

[scarlet_owl]

4. When we were children, we would leave our shoes

on the stove on St. Nicholas day. In the morning they would be filled with candy and nuts. That's one of my happiest childhood memories.

[Matilda]

5. We did that for our children too.

Raisin and nuts being the traditional treats for Advent, rather than
sweets.

And my son is named Nicholas, so it is his name-day as well.