Comments on: St. Nicholas Day (Deň Sv. Mikuláša) http://www.slovakcooking.com/2009/blog/mikulas/ Recipes from Slovakia, food, traditions, and language lessons - Slovak Cooking Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:44:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Sabina http://www.slovakcooking.com/2009/blog/mikulas/#comment-3444 Sabina Fri, 03 Dec 2010 06:39:40 +0000 http://www.slovakcooking.com/?p=1627#comment-3444 As a young immigrant child living in America we still kept the traditions for Mikulas. On Dec 5th we would spend what seemed like hours polishing our best shoe and would place it on the windowsill in our bedrooms before we went to bed. My mother told us how the witches would fly around at night and check to see if we were sleeping. Then, St Mikulas would come and fill your shoe with goodies like fruit, chocolates, candy if you were good. If your were bad, he left sticks and coal in your shoe. I always felt it was a chance for kids to redeem themselves for Christmas in case they were bad and got sticks. Celebrating Mikulas was such a sweet, magical memory of my childhood I often said America was outside my front door and Slovakia was inside our house... that is how strong my mother kept our heritage. As a young immigrant child living in America we still kept the traditions for Mikulas. On Dec 5th we would spend what seemed like hours polishing our best shoe and would place it on the windowsill in our bedrooms before we went to bed. My mother told us how the witches would fly around at night and check to see if we were sleeping. Then, St Mikulas would come and fill your shoe with goodies like fruit, chocolates, candy if you were good. If your were bad, he left sticks and coal in your shoe. I always felt it was a chance for kids to redeem themselves for Christmas in case they were bad and got sticks. Celebrating Mikulas was such a sweet, magical memory of my childhood

I often said America was outside my front door and Slovakia was inside our house… that is how strong my mother kept our heritage.

]]> By: Miro http://www.slovakcooking.com/2009/blog/mikulas/#comment-1144 Miro Wed, 17 Mar 2010 11:18:59 +0000 http://www.slovakcooking.com/?p=1627#comment-1144 John, you may try http://www.olsavica.sk/ it has a history, pictures,current events/news, etc. when you click on "knotakty" it gives you e-mail address for "obecny urad" (something like a city government)and they should be able to provide you with info about your family. Though I think your name was "Americanized" and spelling is probably different in Slovak language John, you may try
http://www.olsavica.sk/
it has a history, pictures,current events/news, etc.

when you click on “knotakty” it gives you e-mail address for “obecny urad” (something like a city government)and they should be able to provide you with info about your family. Though I think your name was “Americanized” and spelling is probably different in Slovak language

]]> By: john paul korchnak http://www.slovakcooking.com/2009/blog/mikulas/#comment-1143 john paul korchnak Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:06:00 +0000 http://www.slovakcooking.com/?p=1627#comment-1143 any information on olsavica. history population and culture. my mom (zubaly) my dad korchnak. would like to know if any relatives still live there. any information on olsavica. history population and culture. my mom (zubaly) my dad korchnak.
would like to know if any relatives still live
there.

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