The people of the Shöenberg district in Freiburg welcomed us with a bone fire and... Saint Nicolas who was accompanied by Le Père Fouettard. It is a tradition in this town to celebrate St Nicolas Day on the 6th of December every year.

St Nicolas à Schönberg, Fribourg

To the children’s greatest delight they gave us sweets and clementines. We sang, we danced and drank hot cinnamon tea. In spite of the biting cold everyone had a wonderful time!

In the evening there were lots of fun, games and songs. The pages of the personal diaries and folders are filling up!