{"id":3863,"date":"2012-12-06T21:32:16","date_gmt":"2012-12-06T21:32:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thesojournseries.com\/bavaria\/?p=3863"},"modified":"2016-03-01T21:18:09","modified_gmt":"2016-03-01T21:18:09","slug":"saintly-sleep-deprivation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.thesojournseries.com\/bavaria\/saintly-sleep-deprivation\/","title":{"rendered":"Saintly Sleep Deprivation…"},"content":{"rendered":"

I didn’t get much sleep last night, thanks to a Small Boy constantly getting up to check whether his and his Sister’s boots had been filled with treats from Saint Nicholas<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 When he wasn’t checking for the sudden appearance of presents, or a glimpse of a man in a red cloak and a Bishop’s mitre,\u00a0 he was checking that we were both aware that he was quite worried about the possibility of Krampus<\/a> visiting instead (thank you little Bavarian friends for fuelling his imagination with this admittedly terrifying regional beast!).\u00a0 Methinks past naughtiness might have had him slightly worried, but having reassured him that a) Krampus isn’t real (well at least I hope he isn’t), b) we would hear him rattling his chains if he was and c) the door was locked – we managed to get some rest eventually.<\/p>\n

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And at first light (and as if by magic), both children were up, and both sets of boots had been filled with chocolates, biscuits, plasticine, bath crayons, and an obligatory tangerine – so they must have been good after all!!<\/p>\n

Considering how hard Saint Nicholas had worked throughout the night delivering millions of gifts across Europe, it was impressive then that he had enough energy to pay a surprise visit to the school this morning.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The entire year of 5 and 6 year olds sat in awe as he read from his vast golden book and told them how good they had been, and instructed them in which areas they might improve upon, eventually handing out more chocolates and tangerines.\u00a0 They in turn sang him a few Christmas Carols to say thank you. \u00a0 And, as is usually the case for me when it comes to assemblies, school plays, and tiny children singing, I stood in the corner and tried desperately not to cry .\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 This time at least I can put it all down to being\u00a0 over tired…<\/p>\n

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