St. Nicholas Day Celebration
The celebration of St. Nicholas Day was part of the Advent Schneller
tradition many years ago. This year we decided to restore this very
nice tradition. It was a nice celebration because it put the now
commercialized concept of Santa Claus within its Christian perspective
of serving the poor and needy during Advent and Christmas. Combining the
Orthodox tradition with the Protestant one was very nicely done by our
educator, Mr. Elias Haddad, who lead the chapel service on Tuesday 6
December 2011 at 7.00 PM. Our EMS volunteers, Johannes Michel and Thomas
Ruppert, were ready right after the chapel service with their St.
Nicolas attire to distribute the traditional Schneller gift of the
occasion to all the students. The gift is very simple. It is a tangerine
with a small bag of peanuts in their shells. We had the fruits and the
peanuts ordered for the occasion, and we insisted the
peanuts are fresh and nicely roasted to make them really
delicious for all our students to enjoy. Happy St. Nicolas Day to all
the Schneller community.
Photos by Ms. Maria Bogner.