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Belzebuth | 16.12.2004 17:03 | To Harry, the raindog: a few corrections.. 1. In your previous message, you said Sinterklaas is practically only celebrated in Holland. What about Belgium? They celebrate it here too. 2. A more appropriate translation for Zwarte Pieten would be Black Petes. And last but certainly not least, you stated that Sinterklaas was totally different from Santa Claus. That's not quite true. Both (Sinterklaas and Santa Claus) have the same etymolical origin. Saint Nicolas was the patron of children, declared to be holy by the church, celebrated on the 6th of decembre. Santa Claus is invented for a commercial purpose and is actually the same man. That's why both wear red robes and have long white beards. Santa Claus is the secularized version of the Catholic Sinterklaas or Saint Nicholas. |