Saint Nicholas Day blessed at church or at home. The host wafts incense over the table, then lifts and breaks the bread. Bulgarians also observe 6 December as the name day for those with the names Nikola, Nikolay, Kolyo, Nikolina, Neno, Nenka, Nikoleta and Nina. In the Netherlands the primary occasion for gift-giving is 5 December, when his feast day is celebrated. In Belgium they celebrate Sinterklaas on the morning of the 6 December. In the days leading up to 5 or 6 December (starting when Saint Nicholas has arrived by steamboat around mid-November), young children put their shoes in front of the
Saint George's Day inaugural New South Wales Rugby League first grade match on St George's Day, 23 April 1921 at the Sydney Sports Ground in Australia. In the Czech Republic, Saint George's Day ("svátek sv. Jiří") comes on 24 April. The reason why it was moved from 23 April is, that there is a day of St. Adalbert of Prague (in Czech Svatý Vojtěch), Czech national patron saint, who was martyred on 23 April 997. It is celebrated in a special way. In Hungary, 24 April is the day of Saint George the Dragonkiller, thus it is the name day of men named