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  2. Sinterklaas - Wikipedia

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    Sinterklaas is the basis for the North American figure of Santa Claus. It is often claimed that during the American War of Independence, the inhabitants of New York City, a former Dutch colonial town (New Amsterdam), reinvented their Sinterklaas tradition, as Saint Nicholas was a symbol of the city's non-English past. [55]

  3. Zwarte Piet - Wikipedia

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    A person in a traditional Zwarte Piet costume A person in a modernized Sooty Pete costume. Zwarte Piet (Dutch: [ˈzʋɑrtə ˈpit]; Luxembourgish: Schwaarze Péiter; West Frisian: Swarte Pyt; Indonesian: Pit Hitam), also known in English by the translated name Black Pete, is the companion of Saint Nicholas (Dutch: Sinterklaas; French: Saint-Nicolas; West Frisian: Sinteklaas; Luxembourgish ...

  4. Companions of Saint Nicholas - Wikipedia

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    Zwarte Piet (English: Black Peter or Black Pete, French: Père-Fouettard, meaning father whipper) is the companion of Saint Nicholas (Dutch: Sinterklaas) in the folklore of the Low Countries. The character first appeared in his current form in an 1850 book by Jan Schenkman and is commonly depicted as a blackamoor.

  5. Het Sinterklaasjournaal - Wikipedia

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    Het Sinterklaasjournaal is a Dutch children's television series that has been broadcast every year since 2001 during the Sinterklaas period.The program is a fictional, children news program, in which the adventures of Sinterklaas and his Petes during their stay in the Netherlands are told.

  6. Chocolate letter - Wikipedia

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    Chocolate letters (Dutch: chocoladeletter [ɕoːkoːˈlaːdəˌlɛtər] ⓘ) are a form of candy associated with the Dutch holiday of Sinterklaas (Saint Nicholas). Celebrants of the Sinterklaas celebration are traditionally given their initials made out of chocolate, either on Sinterklaas Eve, which is the fifth of December each year, or during the morning on Sinterklaas Day, which is the ...

  7. Category:Sinterklaas - Wikipedia

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    This page was last edited on 15 December 2023, at 19:46 (UTC).; Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; additional terms may apply.

  8. The Feast of Saint Nicholas - Wikipedia

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    It measures 82 x 70.5 cm. The picture, painted in the chaotic Jan Steen style, depicts a family at home on December 5, the night celebrated in the Netherlands as the Feast of Saint Nicholas, or Sinterklaas.

  9. De Grote Sinterklaasfilm - Wikipedia

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    ' The Great Sinterklaas Movie ') is a 2020 Dutch film directed by Lucio Messercola. The film won the Golden Film award after having sold 100,000 tickets. [1] [2] It was the tenth highest-grossing Dutch film of 2020. [3] It was Bram van der Vlugt's last appearance as Sinterklaas; the film was released two months before his death. [4] [5]