[Lia]

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

[Picaja]

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

[hfos]

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

[Ritter_Schlumpfenherz]

Alsjeblieft Lia.

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

[Pitufo]

It would be great if sopmeone explain what Sinterklaas is

THANKS

[Ritter_Schlumpfenherz]

@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).

[Pitufo]

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????

[Lia]

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

[Smurfysmurf]

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