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Happy Sinterklaas!

12-10-2007, 01:36 PM,

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Sinterklaas is also famous and popular in Flanders (northern and dutch-speaking part of Belgium).

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12-11-2007, 02:02 AM,

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From what i hear the Santa Clause myth can be traced to a turkish man, St Nicholas, who used to take presents around to all the local villages on Dec 6th. with his donkey an the presents were fruit and wood.

NZ christmas traditions are as commercialised as the USA, so i just try to hang with the family instead of spending copious amounts on loads of presents.
As it's summer here over christmas, lunch tends to hot, like a roast chicken, and the christmas dinner, cold leftovers from lunch with salad. instead of the red and green holly, many NZers use pohututawa, as holly is not in fruit at this time of year and pohutukawa flowers are much more attractive.

Anyway Happy SinterKlaas!

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12-14-2007, 06:12 PM,

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Yes Santa Claus is traced back to Saint Nicholas who was born in Turkey.
The myth is that just as he was born he clasped his hand together and started praying. He then moved to Spain and he gave presents to kids. We Dutch people were a colony from Spain and we celebrate this tradition each year.

Sinterklaas is now celebrated in the way that on the night of the 5th of December the parents of the kid knock on the door and leave a bag full of presents for the kids. They have to sing songs first of course...

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12-14-2007, 08:13 PM,

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Quote:Originally posted by n00biepl0x
Yes Santa Claus is traced back to Saint Nicholas who was born in Turkey.
The myth is that just as he was born he clasped his hand together and started praying. He then moved to Spain and he gave presents to kids. We Dutch people were a colony from Spain and we celebrate this tradition each year.

Um, did Spain ever colonize the Netherlands? I thought that Spain didn't go further then Flanders, actually Antwerp and the Schelde.

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12-14-2007, 08:38 PM,

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Quote:Originally posted by blackbird

Quote:Originally posted by n00biepl0x
Yes Santa Claus is traced back to Saint Nicholas who was born in Turkey.
The myth is that just as he was born he clasped his hand together and started praying. He then moved to Spain and he gave presents to kids. We Dutch people were a colony from Spain and we celebrate this tradition each year.
Um, did Spain ever colonize the Netherlands? I thought that Spain didn't go further then Flanders, actually Antwerp and the Schelde.

For your info.

After the Eighty Years' War (1568 - 1648) the Northern part of the Netherlands became independent. The Southern Netherlands (situated in modern-day Belgium, Luxembourg and Northern France) remained under Spanish rule.

I attached a map (dated around 1547, source the Wiki), which shows the Habsburg empire before the war.

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01-08-2008, 11:38 PM,

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Interesting.

Have a good one!:wasted:

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01-09-2008, 03:04 PM,

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Quote:Originally posted by Sam324
Interesting.

Have a good one!:wasted:

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