While many Europeans will wait until the end of December for their Christmas celebrations, the Dutch have already got going. This evening (5 December) signifies the Sinterklaas evening with the ...

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Santa Claus is out-sourcing! Kings County kids got to meet Santa Claus’s Dutch uncle at the Wyckoff Farmhouse Museum in Canarsie on Dec. 6. The benevolent, gift-giving Sinterklaas rode in on his ...

Sinterklaas is the Dutch iteration of the classic Saint Nicholas legend, often called the “De Sint.” Unlike his American counterpart, Sinterklaas wears a more traditional bishop garb and delivers ...

Now’s your chance to meet Sinterklaas — the namesake behind the holiday celebrated in the Netherlands. For the second year, The Dutch Eatery & Refuge is hosting a breakfast with Sinterklaas on Sunday, ...

ORANGE CITY, Iowa — The Dutch Bakery is a made-from-scratch bakery, said Kathy Meendering, day manager. "All our products are started from scratch with the basic ingredients of flour, sugar, and ...

Black Pete is a character (several characters, actually) who accompanies Sinterklaas to Amsterdam each November in a ...

Sinterklaas, the Dutch version of Santa Claus, crossed downtown Sofia on Saturday afternoon, riding horseback in what has become a traditional celebration of the Netherlands' embassy in Bulgaria. The ...

A controversial Sinterklaas party in which revellers in blackface celebrated the arrival of Saint Nicholas went ahead on Saturday despite protests against the tradition. Dozens were dressed in ...

The man in the mitre is impersonating Saint Nicholas, a 4th century bishop who lived in Myra, in what is now Turkey. From the 11th century onwards, news of his miracles spread around Western Europe ...