I love the tradition of Saint Nicholas. I love the joy and the excitement of the kids. The trouble Sint takes, to arrive with his big steam boat every year. The funny tricks of his helpers, the Zwarte Pieten. His loyal horse Amerigo and the songs about it all.
I also like to help the real Sint by surprising someone with a small gift, creatively wrapped up, together with a poem. But I guess most of all I enjoy helping the real Zwarte Pieten with throwing candy around and making cute little girls like my cousin Valesca here laugh…
Dank u Sinterklaasje!
Isn’t she the cutest girl you’ve ever seen? The woman on the pictures on the right is my grandmother by the way. And this picture was taken by Henny van Arkel. Note the difference in the spelling of ‘Henny’ and ‘Hanny’… I’m in the picture!
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wat ontzettend leuk zeg, en inderdaad Valesca is de allerliefste en schattigste meisje van de hele wereld….. en dankzij nichtje hanny wordt ze nu ook nog wereldberoemd! En misschien nog wel verder dan de wereld…. xx
Yes, lets hope so, the world and the universe is her oyster, here’s to a long and happy life
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[...] and we’ve been “helping the real Sint” by bringing gifts to my little cousin Valesca since 2008. ‘We’ being my dad as Saint Nick and my stepmum and I as Black Petes. If you click through to [...]
[...] returned to Spain, I thought I’d share this picture of my cousin and I. After helping Sint the past five years by dressing up as one of his helpers, we had noticed last year that little Valesca would soon be on [...]