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| posted by NN 642 days ago (edited 642 days ago) |
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Hope you get a nice surprise this evening!
For the non-Dutchies/Belgians: 5 December is Sinterklaas in Holland. It's the evening you gather with your loved ones (or co-workers) and exchange gifts. These gifts are called surprises because they will be skilfully wrapped as a surprise, and often accompanied by a poem from Sinterklaas/St Nicholas (sometimes limerick style). Kids put a shoe outside *since there are hardly chimneys anymore* for Sinterklaas to fill with candy and suprises. It's Dutch tradition to celebrate Saint Nicholas instead of Christmas Eve.
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| posted by The Cerne Abbas Giant 642 days ago |
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Do you all get drunk tonight then?
Watchu talkin' about Willis?
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| posted by NN 642 days ago |
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Undoubtedly some beer and Dutch gin (jenever) will be flowing too, TCAG.
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| posted by puyi 642 days ago |
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is it ok to go dutch tonight
darren rudd is and never was a sinophile
but the reports were a smoggy mistake
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| posted by geraldo 642 days ago (edited 642 days ago) |
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it's a kids thing in Belgium. and I think it's normally the 6th. Up North it is 5th in the evening.
when we were kids we used to get up like, 6 seconds past midnight 
There are 10 kinds of people. Those who can read binary and those who don't
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| posted by beebs 642 days ago |
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This sounds lovely.
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| posted by catzeyez 642 days ago |
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Oh I love the culture, exchanging gifts already.
Some men were borned dicks.
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| posted by Imd 642 days ago |
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woah, sounds great
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| posted by NN 642 days ago (edited 642 days ago) |
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Actually, the fun part is not in the gifts but the wrapping and the poem. Those poems can be quite unkind. They are anonymous and they have to be read out loud. So you can get back at your nemesis of the year that way.
You need all your creative skills for the wrapping. Some people tend to get very competitive when making the wrappings. Lots of arts and crafts going on.
And I forgot, it's also a tradition to receive a chocolate letter and eat loads and loads of spiced cookies.
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| posted by AKA 642 days ago |
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I want a big chocolate letter!!
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