Did St. Nick come this morning?

[mu_hilltopper]

Today is St. Nicholas' day.

Did you put out your shoe last night? 

.. Just wondering .. this tradition is pretty solid in the midwest, but sounds like other parts of the country don't do this.  Curious.

I had a Hostess Fruit Pie in my shoe this morning.  St. Nick knows me very well.  I must have been good!

[Thomas' Danish Delight]

.. Just wondering .. this tradition is pretty solid in the midwest, but sounds like other parts of the country don't do this.  Curious.

Yeah, one of my professor's mentioned this and said it was a Catholic tradition...and I was like "um, I'm Catholic, but what?"

So yeah, when I'm not at school, I live on the east coast...but I still got a new laptop!

Then again, that's thanks to Geek Squad and my warranty.  Good stuff.

[ATWizJr]

Having moved to RI from MKE many moons ago, I can tell you that unless you are Polish this is not a tradition that is observed here.  I was lucky to not have found coal in my shoe but I expect my present to arrive tonight in the form of an MU win!

PS impossible to find a sheepshead game out here also.

[mu_hilltopper]

When I was a kid .. I rounded up every shoe in the house, put out at least 50.

Got 49 potatoes, and 1 present.

That St. Nick is a crafty one.

[Sir Lawrence]

Knecht Ruprecht came to my house: 

Also known as Krampus.  My very German mother was pretty good at telling scary tales from Duetschland.

[Thomas' Danish Delight]

Having moved to RI from MKE many moons ago, I can tell you that unless you are Polish this is not a tradition that is observed here.  I was lucky to not have found coal in my shoe but I expect my present to arrive tonight in the form of an MU win!

PS impossible to find a sheepshead game out here also.

I went to high school in RI...only because I'm a Navy brat, I'm not from there by any means.  Where in RI do you live?  I lived in Portsmouth.

[chainsaw_mcgee]

St. Nick always brings me a calendar, he knows I would never buy one for myself

[ATWizJr]

lived initially in Providence, now in Warwick. 

Although my job caused the move, I often tell people who asked that I was sent here to teach the natives how to say all the "r' sounds in "park the car in the Harvard yard."

[Thomas' Danish Delight]

lived initially in Providence, now in Warwick. 

Although my job caused the move, I often tell people who asked that I was sent here to teach the natives how to say all the "r' sounds in "park the car in the Harvard yard."

HA!  I hope your teaching endeavor succeeds.

I liked some parts of living in RI...I mean, Newport is nice and all, but I absolutely HATED that accent  . 

[IAmMarquette]

St. Nick arrived in the form of my parents making a weekend visit to the city. I got dinner last night, some home-made candies, some frozen home-made chicken noodle soup and a $25 Shell gas card.

[MUEng92]

I grew up 15 miles from the Wisconsin border in Rockford and I never heard of St. Nick Day until I was at MU.

It is much harder to deal with when oldest child is able to keep herself awake until ~2:00 AM.    I have a feeling St. Nick might skip our house in the next year or two.

[muwarrior87]

Having moved to RI from MKE many moons ago, I can tell you that unless you are Polish this is not a tradition that is observed here.  I was lucky to not have found coal in my shoe but I expect my present to arrive tonight in the form of an MU win!

PS impossible to find a sheepshead game out here also.

that's too bad. gotta stay in the MW for those! Anyone at least know Eucher?