Sinterklaas arrived last night in the Netherlands, the namesake of our own Santa Claus. He arrives from Spain by boat with oranges and pomegranates. His servant Zwarte Piet (Black Pete), in colorful dress, carries the bag of candy for the good children. Bad children may be taken to Spain in the bag. According to tradition, his face is black because he is a Moor from Spain but in revisionist history his face is black from the soot from climbing down chimneys.
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