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St.Nikolaus Day -holiday spirit. Traditionally the season begins on December 6, St. Nikolaus'day . In Innsbruck St. Nikolaus' procession winds its way past candle-lit windows, giving sweets and fruit to children along the way and ends in the square before the city's famous Golden Roof from beneath whose balcony the ~bishop saint' addresses the crowd below.It is surprising that in such a small country the saint has so many names: he is normally Nikolaus but in the eastern part of Austria he is Nikolo, Niglo or even Miglo while in the Tirol and the Vorarlberg he answers to Santaklos or even Klos, to those who know him well. Normally, St. Nikolaus is a celibate but in the provinces of Lower Austria and Styria he is married. Unfortunately for him, his wife, Nikolofrau, is known as something of a termigant--at least to some.St. Nikolaus' day is ushered in the night before by a group of young men known as "Schiachperchten" who parade round the village. They are dressed in ragged clothes and straw shoes, wear two-foot high ugly peaked masks (the Schiachperchten) and caps like the Spanish penitents during Lent and carry brooms, scissors and a large basket. Their object seems to be two-fold, to frighten winter away and, like Krampus with his sack, to collect bad children.

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