Germany Edition
World Pocket Notebook Day leads today's complete edition for Germany.
Daily Edition
Official observances, world days, local context, and everyday celebrations for people who need something worth reading, sharing, or talking about today.
A day for lists, sketches, phone numbers, recipes, reminders, ideas, and the old power of writing something down.
St. Nikolaus visits schools and kindergartens. The Krampus, the Knecht Ruprecht, the pelzmaertel, the companion figures who punish bad children, appear in regional variations. In Bavaria, the Krampus is horned and terrifying. In the Rhineland, the Knecht Ruprecht carries a sack of ashes. The good children get chocolate. The bad children get twigs. The system is clear.
