Yule Traditions: Télapó

On the 6th of December Télapó comes to our couse (and the houses of other Hungarian children). Télapó, which means Winter Father, is a bit like Santa. On the 5th we put our boots on the window sill and after we go to bed Télapó comes and puts small presents in them. This year I got LIZARDS! All of us got sweets and different kinds of exotic fruits. Mum got some chocolate so Télapó moved the boots to the piano because our window sill is right above the radiator and the chocolate would melt.

This year I helped our friend Annemarie teach all the children in her school about Télapó when thay had Hungary Week.