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ok i have some explaining to do about this puzzle. where i come from whe don't only have santa clause but we also have sinterklaas. he is simmular to santa but he isn't that fat haha. he come's from spain and he brings gift on 5 december each year. 4 weeks earlier he arrives on a boat whit his helpers an than they walk trough the city like a little parade. wanna know more?

#1: larrry grizzard (gizzard) on Nov 21, 2010

yes, please tell more. Are you Dutch?

wasnt that enough?
he looks like he should be saying "mou-widge; mou-widge is what bwings us togevah today"
haha

Very nice, ik! A colorful and fun puzzle. :o)

thx ik .... tell more

Loved it. More please.

i made two other ones zwarte piet and americo and jes i am dutch.

great image and thank you for explaining about Sinterklaas. I like learning about different places and traditions. Why is Sinterklaas from Spain?

Nice puzzle. I love learning about other countries' traditions.

Here's what the parade looked like 50 years ago:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNR0I8mFBL4&feature=fvw

And a more recent one, on a day when we almost lost Sinterklaas:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIQA7P58hWI&NR=1

Ik, tell us more, please.

i will next time, make the other to puzzles than you will learn more XD. xoxoxo.

I really liked this puzzle - especially the staff.

I'm pretty sure "Santa Claus" is an anglicized version of Sinterklaas.

I am pretty sure that also Sinterklaas is a changed version of Saint Niklas (Nicholaus, Nicholas, and so on), since he is celebrated in (almost?) all Europe on 6th of December. He died on this day in three hundred something. He was said to have been taking care of kids, and so the gift bringing story came to life, after his death, when he was proclaimed a saint.

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