Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/12/16
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Jerry
I'm afraid I do not know either, this is just what our German daughter and
the other 5 German students at her school have told us. I was just
responding to Michiel in my post to let him know it is also practiced in
Germany.
Gene
Jerry Lehrer
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12/15/2003 04:23 PM
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Gene
Frankly, I did not know about the festivities concurrent with the 5th
of December.
Jerry
grduprey@rockwellcollins.com wrote:
> 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
> <michiel.fokkema@wanadoo.nl> To:
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>
> 12/15/2003 01:01 PM
> Please respond to
> 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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