Holland And this is done on 5 December well before Christmass. See the link below for more.
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there shoes
Boots, Dutch shoes, both footwear.
They put out their shoes. I think I remember reading that Dutch children put out wooden shoes with hay in them for the reindeer!
Some children in Europe place shoes outside of their door for Christmas rather than hanging stockings. Other children place gifts or even bouquets of flowers outside.
Put out their shoes, clogs.
i think it is in mexico or spain
France and Germany
Christmas Stockings began in from the people who worshiped Odin. Children were to place shoes near the fireplace filled with carrots. Odin's horses would eat the carrots as her flew overhead. He would then put presents in the shoes as a gift of thanks.
They don't hang stockings in Spain. In fact, they leave out shoes instead. What for, I don't exactly know.
We Dutch have our own Santa who comes end November. He places gifts in the children's shoes which they have put besides the radiator or fireplace. If we give each other gifts during Christmas we put them under the Christmas tree.
Holland- and the wooden shoes ( Bolzenboot_ or something like that) are used, in real life they are mainly folk custom and ceremonial , though would be watertight- many boats have wooden hulls- and look at the canals in the Netherlands.