Great I can't wait till the 5 of December

Great build, lots of details like the beard..... Very good clothes too!!

Thanks for the information, and for sharing this build. Lee.

I like it Heath 'kik36' Flor December 3, 2009 LOL oh man. You gotta love old traditions! Just be lucky you don't have a bunch of political correct whiners trying to shut down your traditions like they love to do here in the states. Your build is excellent! Thank you for sharing those traditions with us. We do have political correct whiners , Black Pete would sugest that people with a black skin would be slaves of white man. Our political correct whiners think this is insulting! However Black Pete is acctualy a bad white kid who had to come with Sinterklaas because he was bad, and became "black" by inserting a house thru the chimney. Still, love the MOC

Over here in blustery Sweden we've got Jultomten. Our version known as Svarte Peter isn't directly associated with Christmas, but he does come down the chimney. Merry Christmas! Good day

hey i have this holiday too !!! i'm from belguim

i have this tradition too btw Heel mooi gedaan !

I've never heard of Sinterklaas until I've read "A War of Gifts: An Ender Story" by Orson Scott Card. I do not recall if Zwarte Piet was mentioned. In the story, Dink Meeker placed a gift in Filippus Rietveld's shoe on Dec 5. Both characters were Dutch. It's interesting that Sinterklaas lived in Spain. I suppose is better than the North Pole. Anyway, fabulous build!

LOL oh man. You gotta love old traditions! Just be lucky you don't have a bunch of political correct whiners trying to shut down your traditions like they love to do here in the states. Your build is excellent! Thank you for sharing those traditions with us.

wow, mark. just wow. nice build, giovanni, very insightful!

So, he carries a big shaft, has a magic sack, and associates with children...in Indiana that's a class A felony. (Hey, SOMEBODY had to step in for Phipson!)

Super gedaan, origineel en creatief. Misschien wil je meedoen in de Sinterklaas contest, kijk op: http://www.mocpages.com/group.php/8660

Yay! It's good to see some Sinterklaas-related stuff on here, as opposed to all the christmassy posts (with Christmas being much farther away, datewise). I am quite busy these days shopping for presents and making a surprise package and composing a witty poem :) Anyway, I love your build. Sint looks like a venerable old man (that beard is awesome!) and Piet's collar and hair are super too.

nice, benieuwd wat ie dit jaar brengt, mooie staf, maar vooral de mijter is mooi

Wait... what do you mean I can't comment on the staff and magic sack? Come on man! Aside from the awesome build what else could I possibly have to comment on? "For 800 years have I subjugated little (we won't mention the color of the skin here...) people and made them deliver my presents for me while my fat (insert appropriate body part) sat up here and reaped all the rewards! See, I can make non innuendo jokes... but it's a REAL strain. ~ Chris.

Very cool. The day we celebrate is at 5 Dec. The Piet & Sint are well made and the colors of the piet are a great mix. Keep it up

I can't believe it's gotten to where you have to anticipate Phipson's every comment! Now what's he going to say?

Magic sack? And you think Chris could possibly leave that one alone?! Good luck with that. Hahaha! Great build. It's fun to see the traditions of other countries.~H

Actually, when Dutch people found America, they took their own 'Sinterklaas' tradition with them. The Dutch people became American people, and 'sinterklaas' became 'Santaclause'. You can also see that the faraway country Spain, became the further country, the Northpole. Anyway, great MOC, Giovanny. I didn't know, they celebrate Sinterklaas in Belgium too.

What a cool tradition, and very well presented. I think I'll show this to my first grade class when we talk about different Christmas traditions. Thanks!

Nicely done! Great build on the two, nice bit of story as well.

I really don't know. Maybe because Spain is a "faraway" country for kids in Belgium.

Awesome! Very insightful. Howcome they come from Spain?

Very funny, and informative too! Thanks for sharing a piece of your tradition :)