Today, December 6, is St.Nicholas Day... Last night, kids all around the world (or at least in my parents' house) put out their shoes for St.Nick to fill with some Pre-Christmas goodies... When I was younger, St.Nicholas Day always seemed to creep up on me. I had my chocolate-filled Advent calendar counting down the days until Christmas, but always seemed to forget about the first wonderful day of gifts on December 6 until the day before. When I was 6, I forced myself to take a nap before dinner to see if I could trick St.Nick into visiting me early. It didn't work.

Last night, I was a little worried that St.Nick might not find us in State College... But he did. He brought me a sweet new hat for cycling and all-around fun, and brought Luke a bike pump, some Clif Shot Bloks, Whoppers, and a box of Honey Smacks. It was a pretty great morning.

In other news, I downloaded some sweet Christmas Answer Tones from Cingular for your listening pleasure... So if you have my cell phone number, give me a ring, listen to a random selection of Mariah Carey Christmas, Feliz Navidad, or Ol' Blue Eyes (call 3 times and hear all 3!), and leave me some glad Christmas voicemail tidings.

This post was sponsored by Bjorn, and the letter Q.