Sintaklass

Last weekend it was Dutch Sintaklass day. A very important day for the Dutch and the day when Dutch children receive presents. We were invited by our Dutch neighbours to join in the celebrations. Traditionally Sinterklass arrives on a white horse, but this time he arrived all dressed up on a motorbike with two sacks filled with presents. Sinterklass read from his big red book to see if the children had been good before giving them a gift and all the adult gifts came with poems.I thought Caleb might be scared of the big man with a white beard, but he loved it. SintaKlass has a helper called black Pete, who was unable to be there. That is why the children have black face paint and are wearing funny hats to dress up like black Pete. They love those hats and have been wearing them all week since. Like we don't attract enough attention to ourselves. The nice thing is that we still have Christmas to look forward to!