CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Sinterklaas visits our house every Dec. 6. The beloved Dutch Christmas gift-giver – instantly recognizable with his long white beard, red cap and a white horse -- descends from ...
Sinterklaas Day is our Favorite, Easiest Christmas Tradition My husband’s Dutch grandma taught me that my December 5 birthday ...
From the Belsnickel to Fasnacht Day, the Pennsylvania Dutch have a special way of celebrating holidays. Even mainstream traditions associated with Easter and Groundhog's Day have roots in PA Dutch ...
A Dutch court declared that "Black Pete" — a traditional Christmas figure in the country usually performed in blackface — is a negative stereotype on Thursday. Although the order from the Amsterdam ...
The Belsnickel — wearing furs, smeared in soot and waving a bundle of birch switches — visited children in the schoolhouse during Christmas on the Farm in Kutztown on Saturday, Dec. 7. Held on the ...
It's a new month! Here’s what you need to know about November 2025 in the Netherlands, from the IamExpat Fair in Eindhoven to the arrival of Sinterklaas.