Saint Nicholas Day in 2024

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2024 Date	6 December 2024
2025 Date	6 December 2025

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Saint Nicholas Day in

Friday, 6 Dec

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Russia’s words mean nothing, but their bombs and missiles speak volumes. On the evening of St. Nicholas Day, aerial bombs in Zaporizhzhia hit a service station directly, cars with people inside. As of now, four people are known to be wounded and are receiving medical assistance.… Show more
— Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) December 6, 2024

For children around the world, the winter holidays are about gifts and a joyful time with their families. For some Ukrainian children, the season is bittersweet, as it highlights the absence of one or both parents killed by Russia’s full-scale invasion. kyivindependent.com Children who lost parents in Russia’s war share dreams, hopes in letters to St. Nicholas
— The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) December 6, 2024

Okhmatdyt. I congratulated the young patients on St. Nicholas Day, spoke with the children, their parents and doctors. This war has brought so many things into our children’s lives that should never be part of childhood. Yet, despite it all, they remain children, and we must do… Show more
— Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) December 6, 2024

#SpyHistory #Christmas #Calendar Day 6 #StNicholasDay #StNicholas BOOK GIVEAWAY I am giving away one signed copy of my debut book, Her Secret Service: The Forgotten Women of British Intelligence, to one lucky UK winner. The book reveals, for the first time, the… Show more W&N
— Dr Claire Hubbard-Hall | Spy Historian (@spyhistory) December 6, 2024

#Krampus is the Germanic flipside of #StNicholas. A half-goat, half-demon, he arrives on the night of 5 Dec to clear the way for St Nicholas by punishing children who have misbehaved during the year, usually hauling them off to his hellish lair to be eaten. Show more
— Maude Frome (@frome_maude) December 2, 2024

In old French tradition on 5th December, the eve of the Feast of St. Nicholas, a donkey named Gui, laden with baskets of sweets and toys, carries Père Noël from house to house leaving gifts for children. His name “Gui” means “mistletoe”, a symbol of good luck. Show more
— VenetiaJane's Garden (@VenetiaJane) December 3, 2024

Happy St. Nicholas' Day! In Germany, kids leave their boots out on December 5th, hoping for treats by morning. What did you get in your boots today? #VisitGermany
— Visit Germany (@VisitGermanyUK) December 6, 2024

Happy St Nicholas Eve… To all my Dutch Twits … Don’t forget to put your boots outside…
— karen thompson (@karenfthompson) December 5, 2024

Celebrating the feast of St Nicholas, miracle worker and patron of children, sailors, and coopers, whose feast is today (6 Dec). https://flic.kr/p/2qyiqjV
— Fr Lawrence Lew, O.P. (@LawrenceOP) December 6, 2024

Happy Nikolaustag! Children (and some adults) in Germany wake up on 6 December to find their shoes filled with chocolate from St Nicholas - but only if they've been good.... All about Germany | deutschland.de
— German Embassy London (@GermanEmbassy) December 6, 2024

Saint Nicholas Day in 2024

Saint Nicholas Day seeks to celebrate the patron Saint Nicholas of Myra. This day aims to recognize Saint Nicholas' contributions to the poor and his reputation for bringing gifts to those in need.