December 6
Saint Nicholas Day
December 6 is the 340th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar, falling in early winter in the Northern Hemisphere.
It is Saint Nicholas Day in many European countries, when children receive small gifts in their shoes.
The date carries no single dominant cultural significance in American English, though it may appear in historical references to events like the Halifax Explosion of 1917.
- Saint NicholasLegendary Christmas gift-giver
- Saint Nicholas DayDecember 6th gift-giving celebration
- FinlandScandinavian country, capital Helsinki
- national holidayOfficial day of observance
- independenceFreedom from external control
winter · winter night · Sinterklaas · shoes · wooden shoes · gifts · gift giving · holiday · snow · eve · celebration · Nordic · candles · fireworks · parade · chocolate · hot chocolate · carrots
- SinterklaasSinterklaas, Saint Nicholas, Saint Nick, Netherlands, steamboat
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- December 12Late-year calendar date
- December solsticeYear's shortest daylight period
- May and DecemberRomance across generations
- December brideOne who weds year's end