Today the girls woke up to find chocolate letters, chocolate coins, speculaas (Dutch spice cookies) and candy in their wooden shoes!
For the Dutch, Sinterklaas (the predescessor of the American Santa Claus) doesn't come on Christmas Day, but today. Years ago we met a Dutch family that kept the Sinterklaas tradition, and liked it because it separated gift-giving from Christmas and because the holiday celebrates St. Nicholas, a bishop in what is now Turkey who generously gave to the poor. They felt the holiday and the St. Nicholas story did a better job of communicating giving.
You can find out more about Sinterklass here.
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