About this episode

Liz Vos revisits a cherished episode about the Mikulás tradition as Advent begins.

Hello there, it’s Liz. And welcome back to The Hungarian Living Podcast. It’s officially Advent and that means we are headed into the Christmas season, and I wanted to bring back one of my favorite episodes about a tradition that’s really special to me – Mikulás, or St. Nicholas Day, which is December 6th. For kids growing up in Hungary as well as other European countries, the evening of December 5th is always exciting. I remember when we were living in Budapest in 1973. I was 8 years old and It’s my first memory of Mikulas nap. I shined my […]

Topics covered

• Christmas traditions
• Hungarian culture
• Mikulás
• St. Nicholas Day
• Advent

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