Last night/this morning we celebrated "Dutch Christmas". Well, part of it anyway...
The part where the children fill their wooden shoes with hay and carrots for Sinterklaas' (St. Nick) horses and place them by the door. Only to find in the morning (if they've been good girl's and boy's) that the hay and carrots were replaced with treats, gifts and chocolate gold coins.
Don't worry bad girl's and boy's get a treat too - a lump of coal from Zwarte Piet (Black - as in evil or sinister Peter).
We've decided to carry on this tradition (American-style), in hopes of teaching our children a bit of their Dutch heritage.
1 comment:
Cute shoes and a cool idea and tradition to share with the kids. :)
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