In Malaysia we have Christmas, in The Netherlands they have Sinterklaas. It is celebrated on the 5th Dec every year in The Netherlands.
Sinterklaas stories begin with St. Nicholas who throughout his life was devoted to live the life that Jesus lived while He was on earth. He is well known of his generosity and kindness, giving the poor and needy. It was said that, in theold day, when you have a daughter, the father will need to provide dowries for her to get married. One poor family had 3 daughters. Not having the dowries for marriage, they were to be sold as slaves instead. But on 3 different occasion, somehow, the poor family received a bag of gold enough for the dowry! It was said that the bag was thrown in the house from a window and went into the sock that was hanging near the fire place to dry.
So now, that is why people hang socks or shoes at the fire place for gifts from St. Nicholas.
Last night, we went to Leiden to get some presents for Maria, Frank’s sister, and also his parents. We took the train from Voorschoten to Leiden Centraal and walked to the shops that was nearby.
Leiden was beautiful at night! We stopped at a bar and had some drinks then had dinner in a pizzeria. The pizza was very big, with a thin crust which was good!
These are some photos of Leiden that I took.
We are going to Sint-Maartensdijk, Zeeland on Saturday to Frank’s parents home and spend the weekend there for Sinterklaas. This is where Frank grew up and I look forward to visit his childhood place!
Doei!!!
Rachel Raymond
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