what do dutch children put on thier shoes on december 6th?

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what do dutch children put on thier shoes on december 6th?

2007-12-19 05:02:20 · 2 answers · asked by Hannah C 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture

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The 5th of december we have 'Sinterklaas'.
The kids put cookies, milk, hay, carrots (for the horse, called Amerigo) and paintings, which they made for Sinterklaas and Zwarte piet (black peter)

2007-12-20 00:09:56 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋

Children in the Netherlands believe that Saint Nicholas arrives on December 5th (the eve of his saint day) along with Black Peter. Black Peter would jump from roof to roof, sliding up and down chimneys, leaving gifts in the little wooden shoes left by the hearth. Children would fill their shoes with hay and carrots for Saint Nicholas’s horse and Black Peter’s mule.

2007-12-19 05:11:00 · answer #2 · answered by 2007_Shelby_GT500 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋