Quote Originally Posted by KiltedBrewer View Post
Back home in Wisconsin, St. Nick's Day is like a Christmas preview. When I was a kid we all got candy and one or two small presents on the morning of the 6th. (This year my wife gave me candy and a Christmas CD.) I don't think that this is very widespread in the US, though. Most people I've met from other parts of the country haven't heard of it.

Happy belated St. Nick's Day,
David
At the concert I mentioned above, I met a woman also from Wisconsin, who also described their observance of this celebration. I assume that it was started by the large number of Dutch settlers who settled in that area. I have been given to understand that Des Peres is so named due to the monastery of Canons Regular founded there from the Lowlands.