Thursday, December 6, 2012

Holiday Ho Ho Hop






Today is a special morning in Germany. Nikolaustag!
Children put their shoes out by the door the night of December 5th in the hopes St. Nick will fill them with candy and chocolate coins. I love Nikolaustag and since I am German we celebrate it each year and of course my kids put out their shoes last night:


We also left out some carrots for the donkey that Nikolaus rides on and it seems my kids were good this year!




Bento Bloggers and Friends is having a Ho Ho Hop today and  I made a special Nikolaus Lunch in honor of Nikolaustag!


We packed our yubo with a ham and cucumber boot sandwich filled with some small chocolates, Christmas tree shaped pretzels, yogurt with dye free chocolate sprinkles to make a Christmas Tree and some penguin crackers with a Nikolaus decoration.



And now hop over to my friend Keeley to see what she packed for today's Ho Ho Hop!







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26 comments:

  1. KathyDecember 6, 2012 at 11:05 AM

    So cute!! I love your chocolate sprinkles tree!

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  2. bentoholicDecember 6, 2012 at 11:06 AM

    Love the Nikolaustag theme! Fun!

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  3. DebDecember 6, 2012 at 11:15 AM

    Cute! I like your stocking!

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  4. UnknownDecember 6, 2012 at 11:23 AM

    OMG, that is just too precious, Nina! Love the shoes filled w/ candy and love those lunches to boot. hahahaha! (sorry). :)

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  5. Michelle | Creative FoodDecember 6, 2012 at 11:30 AM

    ooo I love the chocolate sprinkles shaped as a tree on the yogurt! Looks beautiful! and yummy :)

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  6. Keeley McGuireDecember 6, 2012 at 11:38 AM

    Love it Nina :) Love the pics and the meaning to your family.
    The lunch is adorable, of course ~ simple & delicious.

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  7. UnknownDecember 6, 2012 at 11:42 AM

    I love this tradition.. we always did this as kids too.. Cute lunch, of course, as well!

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  8. UnknownDecember 6, 2012 at 12:14 PM

    Love the boot stocking. I keep forgetting about St. Nickolas day poor kids....maybe next year LOL.

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  9. TheprincessandthetotDecember 6, 2012 at 12:21 PM

    So cute! I love how you followed the German tradition!

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  10. UnknownDecember 6, 2012 at 12:21 PM

    hahaha..the shoes (the real shoes) and the shoes lunch are all adorable!

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  11. Rina @ Bento School LunchesDecember 6, 2012 at 12:56 PM

    Super cute, I love the sprinkles tree and the whole lunch!

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  12. CrystalDecember 6, 2012 at 3:23 PM

    I like the sprinkle tree and how you incorporated the kids' traditions into their lunches.

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  13. KristieDecember 6, 2012 at 7:28 PM

    It's so much fun to read about your German traditions! I really enjoyed this post :D

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  14. feelingalittlelunchyDecember 6, 2012 at 7:36 PM

    Love that little Santa peeking out of the boot!

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  15. KandiDecember 6, 2012 at 7:44 PM

    so very adorable!

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  16. Ludicrous MamaDecember 6, 2012 at 8:55 PM

    How fun! Love the candy-filled boot!

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  17. UnknownDecember 6, 2012 at 9:07 PM

    What a fantastic lunch! The Christmas tree sprinkles perfect and the candy filled boot? Too stinkin' cute! LOVE it!

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  18. karenDecember 6, 2012 at 9:07 PM

    So perfect! My whatever multi great grandfather came over from Germany and my mom would tell me how HER grandmother still spoke (and swore) in German when she got flustered and tried to carry on traditions like this. Maybe next year I'll start to teach John some of his different family history traditions!

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  19. Rebecca of LiciousLunchesDecember 7, 2012 at 8:18 AM

    Really cute and a sweet post.

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  20. AnonymousDecember 7, 2012 at 10:24 AM

    So cute! Your sprinkle tree is adorable!

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  21. AnonymousDecember 7, 2012 at 11:49 AM

    I love it!

    Learning about different cultures is always great but it's even better when it's done in a cute lunch ;)

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  22. AnonymousDecember 7, 2012 at 11:26 PM

    OMG, precious with the little shoes. I wish my family had kept some of those traditions. The lunches are beautiful as always

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  23. Diana of Diana RamblesDecember 9, 2012 at 11:02 PM

    Oh...what a fun tradition!! Very cute!!

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  24. Diana of Diana RamblesDecember 9, 2012 at 11:22 PM

    Thanks for linking up at my Pin Me Linky Party!

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  25. berrygirl@mommy kiki can!December 14, 2012 at 3:59 AM

    So sweet tradition and the lunch is super cute!

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  26. Loving LunchesJanuary 5, 2013 at 7:14 AM

    Love the sprinkle tree :-)

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