And, of course, der Nikolaus made the Christmas decorations appear. Since we turned our front room into a sensory room, we don't really have a good, safe place for a Christmas tree anymore, so we just made our first ever Christmas ceiling across the entire family room. All three kids were mesmerized by it. It's really quite magical.
The best thing about Nikolaustag was the Ella remembered it as one of our traditions before it happened. This is her third Christmas with us and she is aware and excited about what we do as a family this time of year. She spent a few days trying to decide which boot to put out for St. Nick to fill and said to me yesterday, "None of my friends at school even mentioned St. Nick's Day." I explained that this is a German tradition that I am bringing to our family and that most kids in the US would not know about it. Of course, this opened up a whole can of questions about St. Nick being able to find all the German children in America... #ifyougiveamouseacookie
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