December 6th-was <VV> Christmas parade in a Corvair (no longer any Corvair)

[Mike Ioanes]

Subject: <VV> Christmas parade in a Corvair


> Hello Folks,
>
> My family and I took part in the annual Rayne, Louisiana Christmas parade
> this evening in my 1962 Monza Coupe.  Please don't ask me why anyone would 
> have
> their Christmas parade on December the 6th which of course is a  Tuesday.
>Don't know if this is the reason, but Dec. 6th is St. Nicholas day, 
>celebrated by the Germans and probably other Europeans.  Kids leave their 
>shoes outside the door and if they've been good, they get chocolates in 
>them, if not they get sticks & coal.
Mike Ioanes

spent a few years in Germany