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- The Dutch have moved the original celebration date from the 6th of December (the name day of St. Nicholas) to the evening of December 5th, when Sinterklaasavond (also known as “pakjesavond” or “het heerlijk avondje”) is celebrated.
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St Nicholas' Day 2024 in the Netherlands. December 5 and 6 are Sinterklaas/St. Nicholas’ Eve and Day in the Netherlands, when Saint Nicholas, also known as Sinterklaas, visits children and brings them presents.
Dec 5, 2021 · Back at home, kids put out their shoes at night to receive the occasional gift from Sint — short for Sinterklaas — in the weeks leading up to the eve of St. Nicholas's feast day, Dec. 5, when...
- Carolyn Muyskens
- City Reporter
The feast is celebrated annually with the giving of gifts on St. Nicholas' Eve (5 December) in the Netherlands and on the morning of 6 December, Saint Nicholas Day, Belgium, Luxembourg, western Germany, northern France (French Flanders, Lorraine, Alsace and Artois), Romania, Poland and Hungary.
Dec 5, 2021 · In the Netherlands, we love to celebrate the feast of Saint Nicholas. Mid-November ‘Sinterklaas’ arrives in a port in the Netherlands, whereafter the celebration begins. Chocolate, ‘pepernoten’ and candy are everywhere those days ?? Already in the 15th century, we have this ‘shoe’ tradition.
The Dutch have moved the original celebration date from the 6th of December (the name day of St. Nicholas) to the evening of December 5th, when Sinterklaasavond (also known as “pakjesavond” or “het heerlijk avondje”) is celebrated.
Sinterklaas, or Saint Nicholas, is a figure based on the 4th-century bishop known for his generosity and the miracles attributed to him. Celebrated annually on December 5th, the eve of his feast day, Sinterklaas is a time when children eagerly await gifts from the benevolent bishop.
His arrival in Amsterdam in mid-November each year traditionally marks the official start of the city's festive season. The start of the arrival will be by boat this year. Sinterklaas will board the Steamboat with the Pieten, sailing from the Omval via the Amstel to the Maritime Museum.
