I meant to blog on the 6th...but life got in the way! I hope it was a happy one for everyone!
Two of our sons celebrate the feast of St. Nicholas in a special way. Here are a couple of pictures son #1's wife sent us from their celebration.
And son #2's wife was sure to let us know that their oversized St. Nicholas (which was a gift from us last Christmas) was part of the festivities at their house.
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| This fella is a dinosaur fanatic, which you might have guessed. |
It was a fun to give giant handcrafted wooden St. Nicks to each of our boys and their wives last year, and I hope when their children are all grown up they will be a part of their happy childhood Christmas memories.
This year, I couldn't think of anything particularly special to get or make for everyone. Sometimes, I'm an inspired gift-giver, and sometimes I struggle. I do so enjoy giving gifts, but that is not my main "love language" (a term I never heard used until I had daughters-in-law). I'm what you might call bilingual: my two love languages are time spent together and acts of service.
You probably know all about this love language stuff without me telling you. But the other two are words of affirmation and physical touch.
All five of the love languages are great, don't get me wrong, and I hope I use them all well with the people who mean most to me. But I'm just not fluent in gift-giving.
How about you? What's your love language? And does your family celebrate St. Nicholas Day in a special way? (We didn't when our boys were young, and I regret that now!)
We celebrate St. Nicholas Day by leaving our shoes by the door and reach year we receive an ornament that represents that year Or what their main interests is and some chocolate. For example this year my 16 year old daughter began piano lessons and we got a piano for our home , so she received a piano ornament. My 13 year old received a Minecraft ornament, and my 10 year old son received a WWE ornament.
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