Sinterklaas

The Truth About Santa Currently, the Postal Office has a program called “Letters from Santa”. This program allows parents send their children’s letters addressed to Santa Claus, North Pole. They also send the response from Santa in the same envelope, and the Post Office return the response to the kids. In addition, the Postal Service has a program named “Operation Santa”, in which, many postal employees respond to the letters by providing a written response signed by Santa, while other Post Offices may work with local schools, municipalities and community groups who volunteer for this task. On December 22, 2009, the New York Times, Room for Debate section, published, “The United States Postal Service caused an outcry when it decided to stop delivering letters addressed to “Santa Claus, North Pole.” It quickly reversed itself after members of Congress intervened. “We never wanted to spoil people’s Christmas,” a representative said. It is up to families.” Although Santa Claus is a mythical figure, its belief starts with the history of a great Christian man named Saint Nicholas of Myra. He became a priest at a young age and he was known for his compassion and generosity. He had a reputation for giving gifts anonymously, and he would throw bags of money into people 's homes. Many parents do not know as to whether or not they should play the “Santa game" with their children. On one hand, he makes Christmas fun and magical, leaving wonderful holiday memories for years to come…

observed across the globe. In this next section, I wish to focus on a Dutch tradition called “Sinterklaas” which has been practiced throughout the Netherlands for a very long time with no problems at all until a few years ago when there was a global outcry regarding this Dutch tradition. Constructing national identity through media ritual: Sinterklaas Every 5th December in the Netherlands, there is a cultural tradition called “Sinterklaas” (or St. Nicholas) whereby a Santa Claus or Father…

This paper is about the Netherlandic Christmas. It is related to our holiday in ways which is in this report. Like the U.S they celebrate it for the birth of Jesus. Also they call saint nicholas sinterklaas. Dutch christmas traditions are generally like others. They have christmas trees and big family meetings. But here is something different like they have a christmas tree bonfire. There is also two days of christmas. Some other traditions include, sinterklaas coming on december 5th. They also…

Dutch dialect granted the status of regional language is Limburgish, which is spoken in the south-eastern province of Limburg. However, both Dutch Low Saxon and Limburgish spread across the Dutch-German border and belong to a common Dutch-Low German dialect continuum. There is a tradition of learning foreign languages in the Netherlands: about 89% of the total population have good knowledge of English, 70% of German, 29% of French and 5% of Spanish. Traditions One traditional festivity in the…

Biography: Saint Nicholas was born in Patara, Lycia, Turkey on March 15, 270 AD. As a young man, both of his parents died and he used their money to provide for the sick and poor. One of his most recognizable stories is when he gave 3 sisters 3 bags of money. He learned that they didn’t have enough money to pay off all their taxes, so he dropped 3 sacks of money down their chimney overnight. After 3 nights, the father spotted St. Nick and thanked him for all that he had done. The father used…

at me? The familiar red-and-white clad character of Santa Claus debuted in a 1931 Coca-Cola ad illustrated by Haddon Sundblom. Santa’s gifting ways still echo those of the three magi, but Kris Kringle adds a neat criminal trespassing flair. However, the character of Mr. Break-and-Enter (sorry kids, he is just a character) can be traced back to St. Nicholas, a 4th century patron saint of sailors, merchants, and beer brewers from modern-day Turkey. Aside from being the patron saint of a…

department in the hospital , my sister and her friend told me that It wasn’t as bad as I thought and that it probably would be diagnosed as a bruised foot. Hearing that, I stopped crying and manned up until I got diagnosed with a broken foot. While getting the plaster cast on almost my entire leg I cried, to distract me from my pain the nurse asked me which color I wanted the plaster cast to be . I could choose between blue and pink she said. Little did I know that she was a liar. I chose blue…

Nonetheless, it wasn’t long before we found life in New York, where my father found a job. Although, without a proper education, my father worked hard in the factories which kept a slow but helpful income. My father was working nearly every day and only got one off. More importantly, we spent that one day with our father playing and going around the city. My Father walked a long way to reach his job and I also walked around as well. We couldn’t necessarily afford transportation when I was…

this festival, adolescents played out the elements of ministers and b Saint Nicholas, additionally called Nikolaos of Myra or Nicholas of Bari, was Bishop of Myra, in Asia Minor, and is a noteworthy Christian holy person. In light of the numerous marvels ascribed to his mediation, he is otherwise called Nikolaos the Wonderworker . Holy person Nicholas is the supporter holy person of mariners, vendors, toxophilite, apologetic criminals, kids, brewers, pawnbrokers and understudies in different…

tradition was altered, a person representing the beloved Saint Nick would ride around on a white horse and hand out gifts to people. Also in Germany a mature child/young adult would go around and parents would tell if their child was well behaved or not. Well behaved children received the gifts they wanted, while misbehaved, unpolite children received bundles of sticks. When dutch settlers began to arrive in present-day New York City, then known as New Amsterdam, they eagerly spread the…