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Sinterklaas is a dutch feast that we celebrate on 6 december here is info

Sinterklaas (also called Sint-Nicolaas or De Goedheiligman in Dutch and Saint Nicolas in French) is a traditional Winter holiday figure in the Netherlands, Aruba, Suriname, Netherlands Antilles and Belgium, celebrated every year on Saint Nicholas' eve (December 5) or, in Belgium, on the morning of December 6. The feast celebrates the name day of Saint Nicholas, patron saint of, among other things, children.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinterklaas

Sinterklaas is a very importend day for the childeren, we celebrate it with songs, we eat mandarins and biscuit that we get from the Sint. The Sint have lots of helpers, they called " zwarte Pieten" , they help to distribute the presents to the good childern, dogs, .. Sinterklaas rides on a with horse, the name of the horse is "slecht weer vandaag" that means bad weather today. He helps Sinterklaas en Zwarte Piet to walk on the roofs of the houses .

here are songs that we sing, you will not understand but it is to give an idea
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1B6gdE7_dmc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xJkzj9yMUc&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9hy9fvC2dE Famouse song that Bart Peeters written

Dag Sinterklaasje is a programme on tv, about Bart Peeters (a famous actor that also makes beautiful songs) who has adventures with Sinterklaas en Zwarte Piet.

Here is a clip of Dag Sinterklaasje

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zU9a7MKB8bw&feature=related

This is how we celebrate:

First we draw a picture for "the Sint"(thas short for Sinterklaas) but we pimped a little

El'bow drawn that he wans some peace and quiet, and hauwii drawn some "kippies" bones and a new ball

the results of the pictures

We put befor we got to bed, our letter in a shoe

Then the next morning, if you beiing a good dog then you get someting from the Sint.

Bones!!! for el'bow & Hauwii and biscuit for Sanne
A happy Sinterklaas everybody

here for the cooking fans: how to make "Speculaas" or dutch cookies

Ingredients
1 cup dark brown sugar
3 tablespoons milk
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1 1/4 cups butter
1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
1/2 cup slivered almond
3/4 teaspoon ginger
1/2 teaspoon salt
3 cups sifted flour
1 1/2 teaspoons ground cloves
3/4 teaspoon nutmeg

Directions
1 Combine sugar and milk in a bowl.
2 Stir until smooth.
3 In another bowl, sift the dry ingredients and blend in the butter until the mixture is like cornmeal.
4 Add the sugar and milk mixture and the almonds.
5 Mix well.
6 Wrap in foil, or wax paper and refrigerate overnight.
7 Roll out the dough pretty thin.
8 Use Christmas cookie cutters (or a windmill or other shaped cookie cutter if it isn't Christmas).
9 Dust the cutter well with flour to be sure it doesn't stick.
10 Place on greased cookie sheet and bake at 180° for about 15 - 20minutes.
11 Remove and cool.

Smakelijk eten - bon appetit