St. Nicholas Day Shoe Kit for Kids: Story, Letter from St. Nicholas and Shoe Tags

A 10-page printable kit for the night of Saturday 5 December 2026, when children put out a shoe and wake to a small gift: the story to read at bedtime, a letter to leave in the shoe, and shoe tags with each child's name.

Made for a parent starting the custom with children about 4 to 9, who wants the real Nicholas of Myra, the fourth-century bishop, and not only Santa.

Inside: a one-page plan for the evening, the night and the morning; the story of the three bags of gold, retold in about four minutes of reading aloud and plainly labelled as a traditional story; two fill-in letters from St. Nicholas per page, for you to write by hand; two pages of shoe tags (one with a place for a drawing); a page on how the day is kept in Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium, Poland, and among Orthodox Christians who keep 19 December; a page for parents that separates what is known about Nicholas from what is legend, with a short answer for when a child asks about Santa; and a page of secret-gift ideas for the morning of 6 December.

Prints on US Letter or A4 (on A4, choose Fit to page). This printable was created with the help of AI tools, then checked fact by fact.

Made by Made for This Day — we wrote it, we sell it, and we answer for it.

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