Dear Jan ,
Not sure which "Mail list you are one" so my apologies to all on the wrong list.
Your comment about St Nichols.. I remember { while I was living in Germany} taking my children in Holland so that they could enjoy "St Nicholas and the two {DARE I SAY IT} his two black attendants who gave out all the sweets to the children. ,That for us As a Family was the real start of Christmas
As a member of HM forces in Germany in those days "the Xmas period had the normal secular structure "which mean that the pre-Christmas period and Day did not involve my family until late on Christmas day. Thank goodness that has now changed, where it is possible.
Forgive the reflections of long ago!!!
Peter
P Collins
Cheltenham UK
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