Happy Sinterklaas!

Happy Sinterklaas!

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A DUTCH tradition is "SINTERKLAAS",

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SINTERKLAAS is overall more a party for the youngest children,

they still believe in the exsisting of SINTERKLAAS . YEP!

The story:

The Sinterklaas is a "hloy saint' and he is coming by BOAT from SPAIN and he is veeeeeeeerrry old over a miljoenhundred years or more...., YES you must believ that! (thats what we are telling the young children)Once a year he is celebrating his Birthday on the 5 th of December... The evening ( or weekend) before it is "presents-evening". Children are sitting on SINTERKLAAS his lap and singing songs for him, SINTERKLAAS is coming everywhere of course!!! On all the schools, in the supermarkets and at home... So you can imagine that SINTERKLAAS is a very busy man! Therefore he is having his very sweet helpers ,The black PIETEN,, the are giving the children all sweet candies (see photo's below)

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For the adults:

Its a tradition that we suppose to give some-one else/family or at school , a present with a personal TEASING rymn, about that person's good or bad things of the past year, with a funny wrapped-in "SURPRISE" This 'surprise is mostly not expensive.... its the way , you wrap it in : for example , wrapped in yelly or something else 'strange you like" T thats the funniest part of all.... Its all for fun and laughing of course.

The "SINTERKLAAS and his helpers, the black "PIETEN" are travelling day and night over the roofs, to bring present(through the open wood fire places) to all the sweet children evrywhere, and all the children are getting sweet candies in their shoes.....

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Above: The "Sint" and 2 of his "Pieten"

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Below: The candies for SINTERKLAAS are:

Chocolate-letters and Marsepain fruits,

And NOT to forget,

All kinds of very tasty and Spiced speculaas and taaitaai ....

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Below for the Dutch blogreaders...

Voor de Nederlandse Bloglezers:

Een leuke en gezellige Sinterklaas "Pakjes avond" gewenst!

"Sinterklaas Kapoentje , gooi wat in mijn schoentje ,

Gooi wat in mijn laarsje, Dank U Sinterklaasje!"

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Have a great week everyone!

Een goede week gewenst!