Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/12/15
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Michiel
This is also a German tradition. Our German Exchange daughter this year
told us about it when we asked her why she was putting one of her shoes
outside her bedroom door on the 5th. She was happy to see that St.
Nicholas was able to find her the next morning. ;-)
Gene
Michiel Fokkema
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12/15/2003 01:01 PM
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leica-users
Actually Sinterklaas is a saint. It is supposed to be saint Nicholas who
was a great friend of children. The Dutch word 'sint' means saint.
Sinterklaas comes to Holland around the middle of November by boat from
Spain. Children are then aloud to set there shoe, they have to sing some
Sinterklaas songs. In the morning there is a small present in the shoe.
Sinterklaas is accompianed by a white horse and Zwarte Piet and travels
over the roofs of the houses. He knows everything about the behavior of
all the children. On the 5th of December he brings presents to all the
children who behaved the last year. The children that didn't behave will
be put into a sack and taken back to Spain.
As far as I know this very old custom is restricted to Holland and the
North of Belgium. Unfortunate this custom is under severe attack of
santa claus.
Best regards,
Michiel Fokkema
Nathan Wajsman wrote:
> I don't know if it is meant to have anything to do with the Pope, given
> the strong Protestant traditions in the Netherlands. When we lived in
> Flanders, Sinterklaas also looked like this and also had Zwarte Piet
> with him.
>
> Nathan
>
> RUBEN BLĘDEL wrote:
>
>>Why is Santa wearing the Popes hat?
>>
>>Nathan Wajsman wrote:
>>
>>
>>>On December 5th, Sinterklaas and his helper Zwarte Piet came to my
>>>daughter's school, as they did to schools all over the Netherlands. The
>>>children lined up outside in some sort of organised chaos to wait for
>>>them.
>>>
>>>I was there with my Leica, and as often happens during such events, my
>>>favourite picture is one where I turned the camera on the other parents:
>>>http://www.wajsmanphoto.com/2003_50.jpg
>>>
>>>Here is my daughter's homeroom teacher, Jenny, waiting with the
>>>children:
>>>http://www.wajsmanphoto.com/2003_50alt1.jpg
>>>
>>>And they finally arrive:
>>>http://www.wajsmanphoto.com/2003_50alt2.jpg
>>>
>>>All pictures with M7, 35mm Summilux, Ektachrome 100G.
>>>
>>>The complete PAW index is at:
>>>http://www.wajsmanphoto.com/indexpaw2003.htm
>>>and comments/critique are always welcome and appreciated.
>>>
>>>Nathan
>>>
>>>
>>
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