Friday, December 4, 2009

hay,sugar and carrots



in the Netherlands Christmas starts at the 5th of december, which is called Sinterklaas Avond. There is a festiv dinner and children receive presents in their shoes




Sinterklaas also has a helper Black Pete, who slides down chimneys to fill the
shoes that children leave by the fireplace with small gifts.Children in the NL
leave their shoes filled with hay, sugar and carrots for the Sinterklaas horse


Happy Sinterklaas


the WINNER of my vintage giveaway is ... Jane from London

18 comments:

Ritva said...

sounds like fun and looks very stylish!

and thanks for the music, i enjoyed it :)

nicki said...

Fijne Sinterklaas! :)

nest full of eggs said...

this looks like fun ! happy St Nicholas day !

Maia said...

My mother was born in Holland (she's half Dutch, half French) and the old traditions still light a spark in my heart. I am celebrating today by decorating the tree with my daughter!

Anonymous said...

I'm still love your blog!!

Peace & Love

Agneta, the swedish one...

inaluxe said...

Presents in shoes? Amazing. Very small presents, or very big shoes: either way I wish I lived there. :)

Muriël said...

Hey, you were in Leiden! I live there!

kristina - no penny for them said...

happy sinterklaas! :)

we are having nikolaus tomorrow here in germany... used to be so exciting when i was little and we put our boots out the night before to find sweets in them the next morning!

Carly said...

Oh this looks like it was so much fun!

Ida/FarEastLogbook said...

What a sweet tradition!!

Guusje said...

And we had such fun!

qmama said...

happy holidays to you and yours...

{the shoes tradition sounds very similar to a puerto rican ritual, celebrating tres reyes/three kings (january 6th)}

Kickcan & Conkers said...

I think this is a wonderful tradition for children. hope you all had a nice day :)

jane said...

sweet!

gardenmama said...

Happy Day to you as well!!
My children left their shoes out and received chocolate coins and fruit : )

mamas kram said...

A wonderful and 'majestic' sinterklaas!

basiclabelSweden said...

Wat een leuke sinterklaas foto.s heb hem hier in Zweden wel gemist hoor dit jaar!

Tania said...

Sinterclaas' in Holland look a whole lot more authentic than the current ring-in Santa Claus imposters around here! I'm having to make up all manner of cover stories.