While the dolls are nice (and handmade ), it's the slippers that are of interest today. My kids count themselves lucky as we have both British and German traditions at this time of year and one of them is St. Nicholas on the 6th of December. He (unlike Santa) was a historical figure, the bishop of Myra in what today is Turkey, and he was known to give gold coins to a poor mans daughters so they could be married. He is said to have dropped them into their shoes on one of his nightly strolls.
For St.Nicholas the children leave out boots or shoes on the night before and hope for sweets and treats the next morning - if they were well behaved...
This is a felt alternative.
The slippers are made of three parts: The soles,....
...the upper and the back around the heel.
The back is a long strip of felt, attached to the upper and both sewn onto the sole.
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