Saint Nicholas Eve
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I was fortunate to enjoy a wonderful childhood marked by parents who held Christmas in their hearts. Each impending Christmas season featured lights and decorations and every year there was something new added to the collection.
Indeed, Christmas was always merry.
Today we celebrate the Western Europen legendary tradition of Sinterklaas, the proto Santa Claus whose origins are deeply rooted in the celebration of Saint Nicholas — the patron saint of children (and we who remain child like into our old age).
He goes by a variety of ethnic monikers with today's feast celebrating his "name day" which is an annual celebration marked by the giving of gifts today.
So we in the United States have for the most part adopted this tradition in the spirit of the season and no one can cast it asunder.
That notion that the United States is "no longer" a Christian nation is totally false as was the credibility and qualifications of the brigand Barack Obama and that dude he married to be president and first lady of the country they invaded.