Children put their best shoe on the windowsill on December 5, in hopes that Saint Nicholas will put a present in their shoe overnight. On December 6, when they wake up if they've been good they will get a few treats. If they haven't they will find the root of a tree. Saint Nicholas would sneak out at night and put coins in people’s stockings as they were hung out at night to dry. He was trying to help the poor people who did not have the money to pay their taxes, but this was illegal to do. Saint NicholasGingerareacdl puppetsGingersreacl recipe