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Before he had reindeer, St. Nicholas was said to deliver gifts via donkey. One of the most famous legends told of him dropping gold coins through a window to provide dowries for three poor sisters. On the evening before his feast day (December 6), children in northern Europe leave their shoes out — sometimes filled with a carrot or twist of hay for the donkey — in hopes of waking to find them filled with small gifts.
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