Are you doing anything for St. Nicholas Day?

I’ll be at work, but for me it’s just Erev Shabbat.

My kids are grown ups. In German-speaking countries kids will find secret gifts in their boots in the morning of December 6. Grown ups sometimes give each other chocolate St. Nicholases, see

http://media.netletter.at/av/gwp/mmedia//2008.12.30/1230664360_5.jpg

Any holiday with chocolate is a good one.

I sent my brother a birthday Skype.

The woman was probably Orthodox thus the enthusiasm for St Nicolaos’day. For Orthodox Christians it is an important celebration. It marks the beginning of the winter and for Greek Orthodox christians Agios Nikolaos is the patron Saint of the sailors. Russian Orthodox and Greek Orthodox have only a few differences but I suspect the day is equally important. I can say that there are many traditions all around Greece for the 6th of December. Describing them all would require me to write a thesis haha, I can look up and translate a couple if you are interested.
Also, the name Nicolas (Nikolaos, Nikos) is popular and Orthodox Christians consider Name Days to be more important celebration days a than birthdays. I suppose that was what she referred to.

It’s not celebrated at all in the UK, except possibly by Russian and Greek ex-pats.