St. Nicholas Day Shoe Kit

When you were small, your grandmother filled your shoes on the night of December 5, and you still remember waking up to find them full. Now your own children are old enough, and you want them to meet the real Nicholas, not Santa all over again.

A 10-page printable kit for the night of Saturday, December 5, 2026, when children put out a shoe and wake to a small gift: the story to read at bedtime, a letter to leave in the shoe, and shoe tags with each child's name.

Made for a parent starting the custom with children about 4 to 9, who wants the real Nicholas of Myra, the fourth-century bishop, and not only Santa.

Inside: a one-page plan for the evening, the night and the morning; the story of the three bags of gold, retold in about four minutes of reading aloud and plainly labeled as a traditional story; two fill-in letters from St. Nicholas per page, for you to write by hand; two pages of shoe tags (one with a place for a drawing); a page on how the day is kept in Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium, Poland, and among Orthodox Christians who keep December 19; a page for parents that separates what is known about Nicholas from what is legend, with a short answer for when a child asks about Santa; and a page of secret-gift ideas for the morning of December 6.

Prints on US Letter or A4 (on A4, choose Fit to page). This printable was created with the help of AI tools, then checked fact by fact.

Made by Made for This Day — we wrote it, we sell it, and we answer for it.

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