{"id":204623,"date":"2023-12-07T13:00:28","date_gmt":"2023-12-07T11:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.monaco-tribune.com\/2023\/12\/principalitys-children-all-smiles-on-st-nicholas-day\/"},"modified":"2023-12-07T13:05:03","modified_gmt":"2023-12-07T11:05:03","slug":"principalitys-children-all-smiles-on-st-nicholas-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.monaco-tribune.com\/en\/2023\/12\/principalitys-children-all-smiles-on-st-nicholas-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Principality&#8217;s children all smiles on St. Nicholas&#8217; Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>500 of them gathered on the Rock on Wednesday 6 December.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>St. Nicholas Day is a much-anticipated annual event in the Principality.&nbsp;&#8220;<i>As Catholicism is the state religion in Monaco, all the religious festivals are important and are part of our heritage,&#8221; <\/i>says Claude Manzone, President of the <em>Comit\u00e9 National des Traditions Mon\u00e9gasques<\/em> (CNTM &#8211; National Committee for Monegasque Traditions), which organises the event in partnership with Monaco Town Council.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The day&#8217;s first highlight was at 9 am with a Monegasque-language mass in Monaco Cathedral, along with liturgical songs performed by the <em>Cantin d&#8217;a Roca<\/em> choir. Incidentally, Claude Manzone told us that before the construction of this emblematic building in Monaco-Ville, there was a church on the site, the church of Saint Nicholas. As a reminder of that time, a statue of Saint Nicholas stands near the Cathedral, as well as a number of stones from the old church that have also been preserved. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1600\" data-id=\"204455\" src=\"https:\/\/www.monaco-tribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/saint-nicolas-2023.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-204455\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.monaco-tribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/saint-nicolas-2023.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/www.monaco-tribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/saint-nicolas-2023-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/www.monaco-tribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/saint-nicolas-2023-768x1024.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" data-id=\"204451\" src=\"https:\/\/www.monaco-tribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/saint-nicolas-cathedrale.jpeg\" alt=\"saint-nicolas-cathedrale\" class=\"wp-image-204451\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.monaco-tribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/saint-nicolas-cathedrale.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/www.monaco-tribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/saint-nicolas-cathedrale-400x300.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/www.monaco-tribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/saint-nicolas-cathedrale-1024x768.jpeg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1600\" data-id=\"204459\" src=\"https:\/\/www.monaco-tribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/saint-nicolas-monaco.jpeg\" alt=\"saint-nicolas-monaco\" class=\"wp-image-204459\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.monaco-tribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/saint-nicolas-monaco.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/www.monaco-tribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/saint-nicolas-monaco-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/www.monaco-tribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/saint-nicolas-monaco-768x1024.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" data-id=\"204467\" src=\"https:\/\/www.monaco-tribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/saint-nicolas-enfants-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-204467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.monaco-tribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/saint-nicolas-enfants-1.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.monaco-tribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/saint-nicolas-enfants-1-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.monaco-tribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/saint-nicolas-enfants-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>According to the legend of St. Nicholas, considered to be the protector of children, he saved a number of orphans from a horrible death &#8211; \u00a9 Monaco Tribune&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once mass was over at 10 am, children from the FANB primary school paraded in traditional costume to the sound of drums, then performed a sketch about the legend of Saint Nicholas in front of the Principality&#8217;s pupils, their parents and accompanying adults, as well as Principality dignitaries. Once the official photo was taken on the steps of the Cathedral, the schoolchildren hurried over to all\u00e9e Jean-Paul II, where the Mayor and several of his deputies handed out the famous chocolate Saint Nicholas figurines. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-gifts-of-chocolates-and-fougasses\">Gifts of chocolates&#8230; and <em>fougasses<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>And since this treat wasn&#8217;t enough to fill their little tummies, the committee also had <em>fougasses<\/em> delivered to all the primary schools. Far from being the savoury <em>fougasse<\/em> usually sold in bakeries and eaten as an aperitif snack, the Monaco version is sweet, as the President of the CNTM explains: <i>&#8220;Fougasse is a local speciality. It&#8217;s a dessert with a hard crust that you break with your fist. It is decorated with aniseed, known as &#8220;fenuglieti&#8221; in Monegasque, and sugared almonds, usually in the colours of the Monegasque flag.&#8221;\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"related\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.monaco-tribune.com\/en\/2022\/12\/20-monegasque-words-to-celebrate-christmas\/\">20 Monegasque words to celebrate Christmas<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The next event for the CNTM is the distribution of the <em>Pan de Natale<\/em>, or Christmas bread, on 23 and 24 December. 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