It's Worldwide St. Nicholas Day!

 

Santa Fest Today

It's time to join the fun of Santa Fest on the web today. I was wandering around the ZNE Network and found this cute little Santa event on Belinda Schneider's blog. This is what I learned.

In many places St. Nicholas is the main gift giver. His feast day, St. Nicholas Day, is December 6, which falls early in the Advent season.

In some countries he comes in the night and finds carrots and hay for his horse or donkey along with children's wish lists. Small treats are left in shoes or stockings so the children will know he has come.

St. Nicholas is prominent not on Christmas, but on his day Dec. 6, which is the primary gift giving day. Parties may be held on the eve of December 5th, and shoes or stockings left for St. Nicholas to fill during the night. Children will find treats of small gifts, fruit or nuts, and special Nicholas candies and cookies. St. Nicholas gifts are meant to be shared, not hoarded for oneself.

St. Nick Puttin on the Ritz

So in the spirit of the big Jolly One's day , I will be attending a cookie/recipe exchange luncheon. I had to make eight dozen cookies, that will be split into 15 bags of six. Well mine are so small, I decided to just make 15 dozen! Whew! And, I only ate one, even though I could have eaten a dozen. After the exchange, I will come home with a basket full of assorted cookies along with the recipes. I wish I  could invite all of you. Maybe we should have our own cookie exchange in blogland?! Has someone already thought of that?

These little white bite-size delights are so easy. And thanks to my dear friend Alissa, I was able to whip them up in a little more than an hour. The hardest part for me was getting the chocolate melted right. I finally got the hang of it.

I don't know the name of these sweet treats, so you'll have to make one up. I think I'll call them St. Nick Puttin' on the Ritz - I don't know, it's original?! Here's the recipe:

1 package Ghiradelli white chocolate morsels

1 box Ritz Bitz peanut butter sandwiches

1. Melt the chocolate according to the package directions.

2. Dip a Ritz Bitz into the chocolate, and place onto wax paper until cool and hardened.

3. Package nicely, and then pop a few in your mouth with a cup of hot tea. Voila!

Easy schmeazy!! Brianna would have loved these. When she was in the hospital, she relied on Ritz Bitz to hold off the nausea from all the drugs she was on. I lit a candle while I made them so she would be with me. I will package these up in little glassine bags, include a card with the recipe, make some swedish turkey meatballs to share with the group and enjoy an afternoon of eating and visiting with many who helped during the past year.

I hope Santa finds you today at peace during this holiday season....Iva

 

Comments

[Sandy]

Wow this is wonderful. Great Santa. Have a great Day.

[Hermine]

This looks delicious. Have a wonderful day.

[Tania]

Wooo... so many cookies...

[stampingbalou]

Wow, so many yummie cookies - looks great - and thanks for the receipe - have a nice Santa´s day...

[johanna]

buzy gal! santa will love that;)
have a great day!

[Dymphie]

What a lovely post. Happy St. Nicholas day :)

[Ilonka]

thanks for sharing! the cookies recipe sounds great ... you ate just one ... in my case that would be impossible ... i woulld have eaten a dozen (minimum) ;-)))
wish you a joyful advent time!

[Silvia]

Mmmmmh, looks very yummy. Have a nice day.
http://barnie.wordpress.com/

[belinda]

now THAT's a cool idea to have a cookie/recipe xchange luncheon! the cookies look yummy and i'm sure you had the best time. thank you for sharing and wishing you a joyful season.

[Pauline]

cookies!!wish i could be there
thanks for being part of a wonderful day!!

[Lyndy Ward]

Hi Iva, thank you for the advise on the links. I'm so happy to be part of this world wide holiday open house party. I really feel like it's Christmas now. I think I did pretty well on my blog...

Your Blog looks beautiful, & I LOVE your cookie recipe too!

MERRY SANTA CLAUS FEST!

HUGS & XOXOs, Lyndy

[AlteredKat]

I think I gained 10lbs just looking at that pic! OH MAN do they look good! ::drooling:: ;o)

[AlteredKat]

I think I gained 10lbs just looking at that pic! OH MAN do they look good! ::drooling:: ;o)

[tina]

Oh my, I have to work on getting in on a cookie exchange next year. I think cookies and Xmas are synononymous! Gotta try this out.

[tina]

Oh my, I have to work on getting in on a cookie exchange next year. I think cookies and Xmas are synononymous! Gotta try this out.

[ArtKat]

I love the big, happy Santa image, he makes me smile! :)

[Barbara]

Wow! That's a LOT of cookies! I love the photo of the seemingly endless sheets of waxed paper holding all those yummy goodies! Happy St. Nicholas Day!

[dede warren]

oh yum.. and Swedish Meatballs! I haven't made those in years. I may have to put that on my shopping list. Thanks for the reminder, I just love winter foods!

[sandy]

ohhh myyyyy gosshhhhhh...
how could you have only eaten ONE??????????????????
Dang girl..you've got some strong WILLPOWER!!!
I would have gone crazy lol

[Lyndy Ward]

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P.S. IVA, I LOVE YOUR HOLIDAY GOODIES, YOU'RE A FABULOUS OOAK ORIGINAL ONE OF A KIND ARTIST & BAKER!!!