Zaterdag 15 november is de intocht van Sinterklaas in Den Haag. Aan het einde van de ochtend meert Pakjesboot 070 aan in de ...
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 ...
The cost of traditional Sinterklaas goodies such as chocolate letters and kruidnoten has risen sharply this year as global cocoa prices continue to climb, the Financieele Dagblad reported on Monday.
Sinterklaas can be an expensive celebration this year, as prices for chocolate, sugar, spices, and dairy have risen sharply, ...
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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 ...
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 ...
ALBANY — Karl Felsen’s wife, Carol, adjusted a red bishop’s miter and handed a wooden shepherd’s staff to her 6-foot-5 husband, who towered nearly 8-feet tall with the prelate’s headgear. He ducked ...
SCHENECTADY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — Sinterklaas, the inspiration for Santa Claus, is planning to pay a visit to Schenectady’s Festival of Trees this Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. A spokesperson 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 ...
HOLLAND — Sinterklaas delights the children of Holland every year with his visit for Sinterklaas Eve. Holland's event, which began in the 1990s, is patterned after Dutch Sinterklaas celebrations and ...
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 ...