by Clarissa | Nov 18, 2019 | dutch life |
It’s that time of year again, when the shops are full of kruidnoten and we have the seemingly endless consumerism approaching of Sinterklaas followed by Christmas. One of the things you need to do to a greater extent when you live abroad is to combine holiday...
by Clarissa | Dec 4, 2017 | dutch life, family
I love the idea of Sinterklaas and that it is endemic in dutch life. It is literally everywhere and there is an annual national tv series about his visit here. It airs daily for the month or so leading up to his arrival and during his stay in the Netherlands. It...
by Clarissa | Dec 18, 2016 | family |
It struck me when the children and I were decorating our Christmas tree that every decoration is a memory of Christmases past. Especially as I try to make at least one decoration to keep each year. Our tree has a heavenly host of angels (grouped together at the top...
by Clarissa | Dec 3, 2016 | dutch life, family
We are in the middle of Sinterklaas season here at the moment. He arrives the first Saturday after the 11th November and is here til the 5th Dec – this year as the 11th November was a Friday he’s here for the longest possible. So every shop window has some...
