The tradition in Croatia and other European countries on the 5th of December is to clean your shoes and place them by the door or the chimney. St Nicholas comes in the middle of the night to put either coal or goodies into the shoes depending on whether the children have been good or bad. For a couple of days beforehand downtown vendors sell branches (with docorations on them) to beat the bad children or at least threaten them. 
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