SZENT-ESTE "HOLY EVENING" CHRISTMAS EVE

Szent-este or Holy Evening is the Hungarian term for Christmas Eve.  A couple weeks ago Saint Nicholas came to see the Children. Now this evening is about family and spirituality - Christianity. People gather to sing carols and open presents.  The presents for the children have been left by the Infant Jesus and angels. The Christmas meal will be eaten over a fancy tablecloth with straw under it, as the child Jesus was born on straw.