A visit from St. Nick

Rumor has it that if you leave your shoes out on the 5th of December, St. Nick will stop by to check his list. If you've been good, your shoes are filled with gifts; if you've been bad, your shoes will be filled with sticks.

We visited the Christmas Market the evening of the 5th to admire the lights. Kicked off with a Santa ride - a horsedrawn carriage. The picture is blurry - the carriage was already full and we were taking up too much time... Sophia was also about to go into a major melt-down. She does NOT like being close to Santa. Alas, Megan and I decided that there was something funny about the horses. They must be reindeer in disguise. Afterall, Santa does have to keep the reindeer in shape during the off season, right?

I'm happy to report that both Megan and Sophia receieved shoes full of chocolate. In spite of having a very difficult time going to sleep, St. Nick was patient and left goodies (guess they must have been really good the rest of the year.)

We spent the 6th in Winterthur, wandering the SantaMarkt - which in addition to the hundred or so more wooden, seasonal Christmas Market stands, there were several others out around the city. Yummy waffles with vanilla sauce were in order for the kids.

Pictures:

1) Girls with Santa, about to get in the carriage

2) Goofy girls, decorating our mini tree

3) Our mini Christmas tree