Immigrants brought cherished St. Nicholas holiday traditions to the United States. Some of them are:
- Christmas stockings by the fireplace
- Orange or tangerine in the toe of filled Christmas stockings
- Candy Canes - All bishops carry staffs, hooked at the top like a shepherd's crook, showing they are the shepherds who care for, or tend, their people.
- Gift-giving in secret, during the night - Nicholas did his gift giving secretly, under cover of darkness. He didn't want to be seen and recognized as he wanted those he helped to give thanks to God.
- Seasonal concern for the needy- St. Nicholas gave gifts to those in greatest need—the young and the most vulnerable.
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