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
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sounds like fun and looks very stylish!
and thanks for the music, i enjoyed it :)
Fijne Sinterklaas! :)
this looks like fun ! happy St Nicholas day !
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!
I'm still love your blog!!
Peace & Love
Agneta, the swedish one...
Presents in shoes? Amazing. Very small presents, or very big shoes: either way I wish I lived there. :)
Hey, you were in Leiden! I live there!
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!
Oh this looks like it was so much fun!
What a sweet tradition!!
And we had such fun!
happy holidays to you and yours...
{the shoes tradition sounds very similar to a puerto rican ritual, celebrating tres reyes/three kings (january 6th)}
I think this is a wonderful tradition for children. hope you all had a nice day :)
sweet!
Happy Day to you as well!!
My children left their shoes out and received chocolate coins and fruit : )
A wonderful and 'majestic' sinterklaas!
Wat een leuke sinterklaas foto.s heb hem hier in Zweden wel gemist hoor dit jaar!
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.
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