Sinterklaas is the Dutch iteration of the classic Saint Nicholas legend, often called the “De Sint.” Unlike his American counterpart, Sinterklaas wears a more traditional bishop garb and delivers ...

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HOLLAND — Sinterklaas will return to Holland in December, thanks to a celebration planned by Tulip Time. The event will run 5-8 p.m. Friday, Dec. 6, and 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 7. Families can ...

While many Europeans will wait until the end of December for their Christmas celebrations, the Dutch have already got going. This evening (5 December) signifies the Sinterklaas evening with the ...

Sinterklaas is back! On December 4, after a year hiatus due to the pandemic, revelers young and old will bundle up and rejoin the day of festivities all over Rhinebeck. “This year is about coming ...

My mother is from Holland and so, like every Dutch child, I celebrated Sinterklaas every year. According to Dutch tradition, Sinterklaas, or Saint Nicholas, arrives in the Netherlands from Spain each ...

Well, well, well. It’s that time of year again in the Netherlands. Not just to celebrate the second Bitcoin Conference in Amsterdam, but also the arrival by steamboat of our red caped Saint, the Holy ...

The Dutch Sinterklaas celebration, including the controversial character of Zwarte Piet, has finally been included in the country’s official cultural heritage list. The tradition was recommended for ...

Mostly it was about spending time with our grandmother. ... We'd sit at her round dining room table in front of her 1931 Belgian Sinterklaas statue, sip hot chocolate and eat our speculaas. While ...

Contributing writer Cathy Healy was in Amsterdam this year to see some of the festivities that surround the arrival of Sinterklaas – or the Dutch Santa Claus. If you’re naughty, not nice in the ...