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Its Beginning to Look Like Sinterklaas...

27-11-2009 om 12:00 by Amanda Potter

As soon as the weather gets cool here in Maastricht, the holiday garlands, lights, and candy comes out for the winter holidays.  It may seem early if you are not from the Netherlands, but everyone is really just getting ready for Sinterklaas on December 5th.

About the Holiday

Sinterklaas is traditionally the celebration of St. Nicholas’ birthday. In the tradition of Dutch birthdays where the celebrant provides the cake to share with his or her colleagues, St. Nicholas (Sint Nicolaas in Dutch) gives gifts to children who have been good for the whole year. Starting on November 14th, he travels around the Netherlands with his entourage of helpers, Zwarte Piet (Black Peters), to make sure the kids have been good before delivering a bag of gifts on December 5th. On December 6th he heads... read more

 
 
Amanda Potter moved to Maastricht from Boston, Massachusetts in April, 2009 with her husband Dan for his research position at the University of Maastricht. Between exploring their adopted country and learning about a new culture, Amanda blogs about her experience and the city at www.MaastrichtMinutiae.com. Amanda works as a freelance writer and web designer at www.FallenKitten.com and webmaster for the comic www.WalkingtheLethe.com. She has two globetrotting cats that keep her company in their second floor Maastricht flat.
 
 
 

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