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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]
De Club van Sinterklaas (English literal title: The Club of Sinterklaas, international title: St. Nicholas & Friends [1]) was a Dutch seasonal children's telenovella between 1999 and 2009 based on the legend of Sinterklaas and Zwarte Piet. [2] Since 2010, De club van Sinterklaas continues as a YouTube channel and a film series.
This article contains a list of episodes of the Dutch TV series De Club van Sinterklaas. Episodes were first aired by Fox Kids (1999, 2001-2004), Jetix (2005-2008) and RTL 4 (2009). [ 1 ] The series has also spun a theatrical series.
Many local television channels broadcast Christmas musical concerts, and the government organizes the annual national Christmas celebration. In addition to traditional foods, there are also unique Christmas Day foods, such as traditional desserts like nastar ( pineapple tart ) and kastengel (from Dutch word kaasstengel ), or ' putri salju '.
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Saint Nicholas, known as Sinterklaas in the Netherlands, is considered by many to be the original Santa Claus. [179] The best known of these figures today is red-dressed Santa Claus, of diverse origins. The name 'Santa Claus' can be traced back to the Dutch Sinterklaas ('Saint Nicholas').
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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 ...