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🎵Zie ginds komt de stoomboot uit Spanje weer aan🎵

#Sinterklaas

So Sinterklaas arrived, resulting many kids to put their shoe at the fireplace.
As to what the history of the Sinterklaas celebration is, not all that much is known. We know some stuff about Saint Nicholas of Myra of course, but figuring out its pagan origins is much harder. Subsequently the evolution of these celebrations were subject to historical developments through time in the different geographies.

All across Europe various iterations of (seemingly) similar types of celebrations are held. Arnold-Jan Scheer always has been fascinated by the rite, and each year around this time traveled to remote places in Europe to document the celebration. Over 30 years of research resulted in a couple of documentaries, one of them is translated into English.