Blue Cavern

Ik wens iedereen een hele fijne sinterklaas avond, vol cadeautjes, chocoladeletters, marsepein, pepernoten , surprises, gedichten, maar vooral gezelligheid!
Ik ben er klaar voor!:-)))

( and thanks Dom! I`m prepared for it)

Lia

Ja Lia, ik zie dat je er klaar voor bent!
Wow ... is er ook eentje voor mij bij

... Morgen is't zover en hopelijk brengt hij veel

groetjes
and have a lot of fun

Ik zit op pakjesavond op internet, zegt genoeg denk ik...

Alsjeblieft Lia.

I hope everyone of you had a lovely Sinterklaas with your family and that you got bunches of gifts.

It would be great if sopmeone explain what Sinterklaas is

THANKS

@Joaquin:

Sinterklaas is the Dutch/Flemish equivalent of the Nikolaus (St. Niklas of Myra/St. Niklaas). He was a bishop in Myra, which is located in Turkey. He helped many children and hence was given a special holiday. In the Netherlands and in Belgium, many people would not celebrate Christmas on December 24th/December 25th or on Three Kings Day (January 6th) but Sinterklaas and exchange gifts on that date only. As Nikolaus, who is followed by Knecht Ruprecht or Krampus, Sinterklaas has a little helper as well. It's an African boy called "Zwarte Piet" (which means "Black Peter" in English).

I am a bit curious, and I have been looking info on internet...Is it true that some people says that Sinterklaas is from Spain????

not some people In all our songs and stories, it`s always about Spain and that he arrives by steamboat from Spain! TRUE!:-))
But Dom is right, officially he was the bisshop of Myra

well, it`s a long and big tradition here, (more then christmas)

http://www.dutchmarket.com/sklaas.html

Lia

That's one thing I like so much about this forum...reading about the different culteres in each country.

Before coming on here I had no idea how big Sinterklaas is in Holland. I know St. Nikolaus day of course and as a kid I loved it but didn't know it is a bigger day than Christmas in some countries