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We love finding out why people give the gifts they do, so we dig into where those gifts and traditions come from. At the end of each story, we suggest a few we'd pick ourselves.
St. Nicholas Day
In the Netherlands, children set a shoe by the fireplace on the night of December 5, and in the morning they find it filled.
The gift is small and it comes overnight: an orange, a few spiced cookies, a chocolate letter.
The Claddagh Ring
Two hands hold a heart, and the heart wears a crown.
The hands are friendship, the heart is love, and the crown is loyalty.