Today is Sinterklaas day - the feast day of St. Nickolas in the Netherlands and Belgium. As a wee happykatie, this was an extremely wonderful day as it was the first present day of December.
We would make spekulaus cookies (Dutch spiced cookies in the shape of Bishop Nickolas or his naughty friend 'Black Pete') and would put our shoes (wooden or not) outside our bedroom doors to be mysteriously filled overnight with chocolate coins and other small treats and presents.
