Mikulas (St. Nicholas), they say, comes to all of the children and brings them small gifts on December 5. Mikulas will come to your house (along with the devil and an angel) and if you have been bad, the devil will give you a hard potato and a piece of coal; but if you have been very bad, the devil will put you in his bag and take you to hell. (Needless to say, we witnessed some very scared children that night!!!) However, if
you sing a little song to them, you will get a piece of candy.We decided to go to Old Town to see the festivities. Laini had been hearing about Mikulas all week at school, and she was determined to get some candy from him. We found a set of "3" that was not swamped with children and she boldly went up to the angel and asked if she could sing her song in English. She then sang "Are you sleeping, brother John", and was very proud to receive her gift of candy!!!
1 comment:
Aah! This is a beautiful story. Too bad I didn't even know you had a blog until I read Mom's email, which I don't seem to get.....
Actually written by glee2, not glee 1, who is very sad that she has not been a part of this!!!!
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