as in all of switzerland it's saint nicholas day. and the tradition will it so, that we do bake our grittibaenz today... it's fun and it's exciting and we love to do it, so when on this day, with the kids on different schedules and times out of school? i came up with a plan, dough preparations in the morning (to give it time for rising). lunch at noon and right after lunch we made the grittibaenz, baking and all. then the kids go back to school, thea and i were invited to an afternoon tea at a friends house. running through the snow and visiting, it was very peaceful, especially knowing we don't have to hurry home for anything. as dinner plans have been put in place and we just had to set up, reheat the soup and put the grittibaenz on the the table. good planning makes happy kids, and yes everything panned out the way it was planned.
it not always does and that's fine too, it keeps us flexible doesn't it!
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I am wondering what grittibainz are? What is the tradition surrounding them? Do your children get to come home for lunch always? I have heard of the St. Nicholas day tradition of children putting their shoes outside, do you do that?
The pastries look yummy!
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