Sinterklaas

No story regarding silver or gold today.

Today we celebrate the birthday of Saint Nicholas of Mira or Sinterklaas as we call him here in The Netherlands, Belgium, Suriname and the Dutch Antilles

Basically it is the same guy as Saint Nick 🎅 who is celebrated during Christmas everywhere else in the World.

The last couple of years this festivity has become controversial due to the Saints helper, called Black Pete. I am not going to argue whether Black Pete is racist or not, that is something others are much better in.

At the end it remains a wonderfull tradition where people, families and loved ones give each other presents, accompanied with some nice captious, sharp and subtle rimes or poems expressing most of the times personal events that took place last year.

Maybe a nice silver coin this year, or will it be the same aftershave as last year. Well it doesn’t matter as long as eveybody has fun. Enjoying hot chocolate milk, cookies and gingerbread (pepernoten).

And for all our goldbugs, we eat chocolate coins, most of the time in gold wrappers.

This of course only when you were nice this year 😇. If not, you will end up in the “bag” of our dear Saint👿.

Enjoy!