It's Sankt Nikolaustag in the Grand Duchy of Stollen!

An Italian version of St. Nikolaus, visiting an unidentified town during the night.

Sometime during the night, Sankt Nikolaus visited Stollen Central quietly, leaving behind in our shoes assorted chocolate treats, gingerbread cookies, and age-appropriate treats for Young Master Paul, plus a new commemorative, Christmas-themed jigsaw puzzle for the Grand Duchess, who enjoys such things at this time of year. And, of course, there is an authentic Dresdner Stollen to anticipate in the next ten days or so. It is a magical time of year!

Comments

Bluebear Jeff said…

Stokes,

You absolutely NEED to figure out how to send duplicates of that Dresdner Stollen over the Net to your faithful readers (such as myself)!

-- Jeff

PS, a re-post of the recipe might encourage some others to attempt to create one for themselves.

11:58 AM

Paul´s Bods said…

This master Paul didn´t get any age appropiate toys of any kind :-(
Your Blog is great...I love the continiung story here :-)
Happy saint Niklaus day
greetings
Paul

12:25 PM

WSTKS-FM Worldwide said…

Paul -- Thanks for your kind remarks! Favorable feedback is always appreciated. ;-)

Jeff -- Great minds think alike. I had a similar thought here, and I'll dig out that recipe and repost it in the next day or so since the Grand Duchy of Stollen has is very roots in the delightful Christmas recipe.

12:48 PM

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