Nikolaus Tag!

Most of your know that we love to incorporate German tradition into our lives and holidays and we were so excited this year to really be able to celebrate Nikolaus Tag with Liam. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Nicholas Click on this link to view a history of St. Nicholas and down toward the bottom under Belgium and The Netherlands is a good explanation of the German celebration of the holiday as well. We modified the tradition a bit for our family, but it is in essence, the same. I made the cans for us to use each year for Liam to receive his Christmas PJs and ornament on Nikolaus Tag(pron. TAWG, 'Day' in German) so that he can use them throughout the month of December. We didn't put shoes out for candy this year because I didn't think Liam needed any candy, but we will probably put a shoe next to the cans next year to see if we get candy or a broom--since that's the real tradition! Anyway, without further ado, here is our Nikolaus Tag morning.

Checking out the cans--notice the super cool bed head!Ohhh look at these awesome PJs.More cozy jammies! With St. Nick to boot!

As much as I despise character things, I knew Liam would love to have a Dora ornament. So, I caved and got a Dora and Snowman Hallmark ornament to commemorate his favorite thing during 2008.

He really loved it!

We let him open Mommy and Daddy's can as well. He liked our Christmas jammies, too! This is seriously the best picture.
Daddy got some cool "Grinch" ones which Liam thought were especially cool because he LOVES the Grinch.