St. Nicholas

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• The Long Roots Of Tradition

  
  Wolf Howling — Authority: 467
  Dec. 6 is the Feast of St. Nicholas of Bari, a Saint in the Catholic pantheon who lived between 270 A.D. and 346 A.D. in modern day Turkey. He rose to the position of Bishop and was famed for giving gifts from his sizable inheritance to better the lives of his flock. His two most famous acts involved saving three ...
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• Santa is bringing demons to your home

  
  Zombie Popcorn — Authority: 134
  I want to thank Chris / Last Deviant for the heads up about the subject of this post.  Side Note: Last Deviant created the Zombie Popcorn logo.  I have never been a huge fan of  the traditional Christmas story of Saint Nicholas making toys for every good boys and girl in the world.  True, I love the fruits ...
  2 days ago

• Krampus Is Back! Wait, What’s A Krampus?

  
  Popular Fidelity — Authority: 532
  There’s a character long associated with the December-era winter holiday that, at one time, was neck and neck with Santa Claus for Christmas recognition.  Unfortunately, he was marginalized in the 1800s by the Catholic Church, who believed that the demon known as Krampus was just a little too wild and scary to be ...
  2 days ago

• Czech and Slovak events abroad: December 2009 / Ceske a Slovenske akce na Prosinec 2009

  
  Czechmatediary — Authority: 123
  December is here and with it comes the merriment of Christmas and a New Year…and food…and sweets…and Santa (Mikulas) and Jezisek!!! There are so many St. Nicholas celebrations (I counted 12 of them) out there so there is no excuse for you not meet the ‘real’ angel together with the devil and the holy man ...
  3 days ago

• Cows stampede through tranquil housing estate

  
  The Daily Dust | UK News | Good News — Authority: 442
  An upmarket housing estate in Warwickshire has been vandalised by a herd of rampaging cows. Hundreds of pounds worth of damage was done to the St Nicholas Park Estate during the 45 minute stampede which saw flowers trampled, bins knocked over and cars dented. One resident was almost crushed while climbing out of ...
  3 days ago

• Veggie Tales Saint Nicholas DVD Giveaway

  
  Savvy Housewife — Authority: 462
  There’s a new Veggie Tales Christmas DVD, their third, released in October just in time for the holidays. My daughters watched this with their cousins, ages 2 and 4, Thanksgiving night and LOVED it!Here’s a synopsis of the 45-minute DVD:When Junior Asparagus and his Veggie friends learn that Laura Carrot’s dad ...
  6 days ago

• ‘Prayers composed by my dear sister Jane’ – A Thankful Sense of Jane Austen’s Prayers

  
  Austenprose — Authority: 486
  “Give us a thankful sense of the blessings in which we live, of the many comforts of our lot; that we may not deserve to lose them by discontent or indifference. Hear us almighty God, for his sake who has redeemed us, and taught us thus to pray. Amen.” Prayer I, Jane Austen Happy Thanksgiving to all. Even ...
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• TIMEFORM GLOBAL TOP 30 RACEHORSES : NOVEMBER 2009

  
  Summerhill Blog — Authority: 134
  TIMEFORM GLOBAL RANKINGS # HORSE TRAINER COUNTRY RANK 1 SEA THE STARS John Oxx Ireland 140 2 RIP VAN WINKLE Aidan O’Brien Ireland 134 3 FAME AND GLORY Aidan O’Brien Ireland 133 4 GOLDIKOVA Freddy Head France 132 5 ZENYATTA John Sherriffs USA 131 6 ...
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• Gothic Arch Challenge - Shrine

  
  Nostalgic Collage' — Authority: 426
  I created this dreambox shrine in memory of St. Nicholas. Please visit: http://gothicarches.blogspot.com/ to join in on the challenge...
  1 week ago

• St. Nicholas Bread aka Mannele R U familiar with it?

  
  The Fresh Loaf — Authority: 453
    St. Nicholas Bread (aka Mannele) for the holiday season is on my list for fun holiday traditions to celebrate and I just realized this popular saints feast day is fast approaching on December 6.  But I know very little about the recipes, how to form the breads, or their cultural significance, and yet I ...
  2 weeks ago

• Ochlophobist on the dilemma of being “young, male, and Orthodox”

  
  Leitourgeia kai Qurbana: Contra den Zeitgeist — Authority: 413
  Owen made the following comment on a recent post : There is a certain type of young man who generally pursues the priesthood. We dance around it, but in my mind it is unequivocally true. In Orthodoxy there are certain forms and postures that are, aesthetically speaking, humble, but which are easily practiced and ...
  2 weeks ago

• SEA THE STARS CROWNED AT CARTIER AWARDS

  
  Summerhill Blog — Authority: 134
  CARTIER RACING AWARDS 2009 The debate as to who will be named the top performer at the Eclipse Awards will continue into the new year, but there’s no controversy on the other side of the Atlantic. Christopher Tsui’s Sea the Stars was yesterday handed the accolade he had long since made a formality when named ...
  2 weeks ago

• Christmas Istock additions

  
  Final Addiction — Authority: 108
  Some new images hopefully to be approved soon on Istockphoto.com. I hope youll enjoy them and many of you will find a use for them as Christmas comes closer... First up is my design of FlameHead or sometimes called Flameboy, decked out in Santa... Read and post comments | Send to a friend
  2 weeks ago

• Prayer of Self-Offering to God

  
  Soulfull Longings — Authority: 119
  My Lord and my God, remove far from me whatever keeps me from You. My Lord and my God, confer upon me whatever enables me to reach You. My Lord and my God, free me from self and make me wholly Yours. St. Nicholas of Flue (1417-1487) Soldier and Hermit
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• The truth about Santa Claus

  
  Mother of 2 — Authority: 100
  I vaguely remember that when I was small I believed in Santa Claus. Then the memory disappears and is replaced by the reality that there is none. And then I got amused at all my friends who still did. My parents did not even teach us about Santa Claus except tell us the story about Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer. They ...
  2 weeks ago

• Traditions and Memories

  
  Herbal Connection — Authority: 108
  As the years go by, I find I have largely forgotten many of the old traditions my Mother kept alive for her children.  Yet I have remembered St. Nicholas Day on December 6 for ever...and I believe it was because my Mother, by her awesome storytelling ability, ingrained this one very deeply within me. December 6 ...
  3 weeks ago

• Nancy Chisholm receives her M.B.E. from the Queen

  
  Ladies Club Golf News around the West of Scotland — Authority: 116
  Bill Chisholm and daughters, Lindsey and Susan, were in the audience at Buckingham Palace to see Nancy receive the MBE from HRH The Queen at an Investiture ceremony on the 15th October. Nancy, a past chairman of the LGU, and a past President of the SLGA, was awarded the honour for services to golf in the Queens ...
  4 weeks ago

• A question for the holiday season: Which saint has the best cash flow?

  
  DailyFinance — Authority: 791
  Filed under: Economy , People Earlier this week, Forbes magazine released its list of the top-earning dead celebrities. Although the list highlighted French fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent as the biggest name among those who have shrugged off the mortal coil, it was dominated by entertainers, including ...
  4 weeks ago

• THE BEST JUVENILE IN EUROPE : ST NICHOLAS ABBEY

  
  Summerhill Blog — Authority: 134
  ST NICHOLAS ABBEY Tony Morris, to our way of thinking is, in the realm of bloodstock analysis, the best since bubblegum. He has few equals , and this is worth reading to the end. This is what he had to say about the most exciting juvenile in Europe. It might seem scarcely conceivable that within a few days of the ...
  4 weeks ago

• Economic concerns St. Nicholas Project volunteers

  
  Apostle Islands Navigator — Authority: 156
  ONTONAGON — Area economic conditions and unemployment in the Ontonagon area have the volunteer St. Nicholas Committee members a bit worried.St. Nicholas Project volunteers met this week and learned the program has raised only half of the funds that it raised a year ago. “Times are tough and that is when we are ...
  4 weeks ago

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