On December 5, the shops will shut early and some 60% of Dutch households will settle down to celebrate Sinterklaas. Here’s a list of all you need to know to get it right. 1 Who is Sinterklaas? The ...

Sinterklaas is no jolly ol’ St. Nick—that’s the U.S. tradition. The Dutch Sint clearly is a high church official garbed in cardinal red and white with a tall prelate’s hat and a heavy gold ...

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 ...

For an American, watching a Sinterklaas parade, like the one I recently went to in Amsterdam, can be a bit of a shock. Because dancing around the dear old Dutch Santa are his helpers, known as ...

“I think society agrees on one thing: we grant children the magic of the Sinterklaas [Santa Claus] party,” prime minister Mark Rutte said of the controversy. So who is Zwarte Piet, is he an ...

Many of today’s traditions – such as Sinterklaas’s helper Piet (was Black Pete, now Sooty Pete), and the steam boat, came from a book written by teacher Jan Schenkman in 1850 and the real ...

This story was published on November 27, 2018. The Dutch Sinterklaas feast is celebrated annually with the giving of gifts on December 5 in the Netherlands. Amsterdam – The late-November arrival ...