Leaving wooden shoes, or sabots, outside is a Christmas tradition. In America, why do people hang up their stockings? Because it is a way of receiving small presents.
Some traditions say that Santa Claus, or Saint Nicholas places small presents in the children's' shoes. Others say that its the Three Kings. But in all versions, kids leave their shoes out so they can wake up in the morning and find their shoes full of small gifts.
Children leave out wooden shoes before Christmas as part of a tradition in countries like the Netherlands and Belgium, where St. Nicholas (Sinterklaas) brings gifts to good children. The shoes are typically filled with carrots or hay for St. Nicholas's horse, along with a wish list or a small gift for the child. It is a way for children to participate in the excitement of the holiday season and to receive small treats from St. Nicholas.
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Traditionally they leave out wooden shoes to be filled with candies and other small gifts
Traditionally, they leave out wooden shoes.
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.
what are the things children in France leave out on Christmas eve
Dutch children leave out wooden shoes to be filled.
Christmas Tree or in shoes by the fireplace
They put out their shoes. I think I remember reading that Dutch children put out wooden shoes with hay in them for the reindeer!
Holland in their wooden clogs.
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Children do not fill their shoes on Christmas Eve. They leave their shoes out so that when Santa Claus comes he can fill them with small gifts.