December 6th was Saint Nicholas day which is a big holiday in some parts of Europe (Scandinavia, The Netherlands, and lot's of Central and Eastern European countries including Prague). Tadhg's mom and dad are not very used to the Saint Nicholas day tradition, but decided to celebrate this year as they will be in Canada for Christmas.
On Saturday night, stockings were hung by the book case with care, in the hope that Saint Nicholas soon would be there. On Sunday morning, Saint Nicholas had left some gifts in Tadhg's stocking. Tadhg had to be guided towards his stocking but was soon very keen to see what was inside. He had a great time peering into his stocking and was very excited to find a new tractor and Lego fir buggy.
Later in the day, the whole family took a trip to the local Christmas markets to see people dressed up as Saint Nicholas along with an angel and devil as is the tradition in Prague. Luckily Tadhg was a good boy, so he didn't get a lump of coal!
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