waiting for Samichlaus

There are 3 visitors in Ella's school today. Samichlaus, Schmutzli and a donkey carrying a basket full of treats.

In Switzerland, St Nicholas or Santa is called Samichlaus. He appears not on Christmas Eve or Day, but on December 6. He doesn’t sneak down the chimney, but comes through the front door, or maybe to school and give children mandarin oranges, nuts and cookies. Schmutzli is Samichlaus's sidekick. He has a dark face and dress in brown, rather scary looking. Legend goes if a child is not good, then Schmutzli will bag the kid and take him/her to the woods.