This night is special in my country, is the night of Saint Nicholas..not Santa Claus! is different! I really do not know if other countries celebrates it, or not, or if they do, how...But here, in this beautiful land, all children knows the story of Old Saint Nicholas! The Old kind man, who comes in this night, at puts candy and sweets to all good little boys and girls, in their clean and shinny boots...That's why every child, boy and girl, cleans their shoes and puts them near the door, so Saint Nick, could see them really quickly..
I remember when I was a child, not that long ago..:))Me and my brothers, we had this tradition. We rush home from school, and our parents sent us in the bathroom to clean our shoes, and we did: ALL OF THEM!and mean all of them: snickers, boots, flip-flops, everything...we were greedy little children, we thought that the more shoes, the more sweets we will get..not true though..Saint Nick would fill just one pair, but we were still full of joy in the morning. Even now, I can recall my big brother on the floor, on his knees, calling us, me and my little sister, to come with him, in the huge hunting of Saint Nick!! we were curious, we wanted to see him, to see his face..so, all three of us, crawling on the floor, from our room, to the hole-way, shouting from our lungs: GASCA LUI PAPUC, INVELIT IN CAUCIUC! hard to translate in english, but believe, it doesn't have any logic at all..:)))
We never did saw him, Saint Nickolas I mean,..and a few years later we found out like any child, the truth that we suspected..:))But we have this nice warm memories, that we keep deep in our hearts. Maybe I didn't had the best childhood, and trust me, I didn't, but I can be proud with the good memories that I have along the way..The nice smell of orange from those mornings (even now, the smell of a fresh orange reminds me of Christmas Holidays), the crawling on the floor with my brothers, and the adventure we imagine we have..:))All of these are precious to me...And I can say that, even now, my clean and shinny boots are waiting near the door, for Saint Nickolas!:)
A Happy Saint Nick to all!!!
We never did saw him, Saint Nickolas I mean,..and a few years later we found out like any child, the truth that we suspected..:))But we have this nice warm memories, that we keep deep in our hearts. Maybe I didn't had the best childhood, and trust me, I didn't, but I can be proud with the good memories that I have along the way..The nice smell of orange from those mornings (even now, the smell of a fresh orange reminds me of Christmas Holidays), the crawling on the floor with my brothers, and the adventure we imagine we have..:))All of these are precious to me...And I can say that, even now, my clean and shinny boots are waiting near the door, for Saint Nickolas!:)
A Happy Saint Nick to all!!!
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