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Happy Sinterklaas from Marakoeschtra

  • Andrew
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  • Dec 5, 2007
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  • LEGO, Minifig
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    • Did you know that the American Santa Claus is based on the Dutch Sinterklaas? Thanks to Martin Jaspers, now we all know! In The Netherlands, December 5 is a holiday that celebrates the naming of the big man in red (accompanied here by a pair of Zwarte Piet):

    (Via Lukas over at the Young Spacers Association.)

    Andrew posted this entry on Wednesday, December 5th, 2007 at 10:02 pm. Posted in the category LEGO, Minifig You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

    7 Responses to “Happy Sinterklaas from Marakoeschtra”

    1. Lukas Says:
      December 6th, 2007 at 4:03 am

      I’m dutch :3

    2. Mr Apollo Says:
      December 6th, 2007 at 5:04 am

      Nicely done! But the gloves should be black instead of white.

    3. Mr Apollo Says:
      December 6th, 2007 at 5:05 am

      The gloves of the Zwarte Pieten, that is…

    4. Stephan Says:
      December 6th, 2007 at 7:33 am

      Hey yeah! I’m Dutch too! Goed gedaan Martin!

      Later!

    5. Timothy Ratner Says:
      December 6th, 2007 at 4:32 pm

      Nice, I learned something new today!

    6. Keith G Says:
      December 6th, 2007 at 5:23 pm

      So…if you’re bad the Zwarte Pieten take you off to Spain, right?

    7. Rocko Says:
      December 6th, 2007 at 6:31 pm

      Apparently Sinterklaas used to have several black servants but in modern times it’s been changed to “friends”. In America, Santa still has slaves but the only legal slavery allowed is elf slavery.

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