In the Netherlands we celebrate something calles Sinterklaas, which is based around Saint Nicolas, former bishop of Myra. He is basically your father christmas/santa claus. This celebration is on Dec. 5th, so last Sunday. Kids still believe he is real just like the Santa Claus thing. On Saturday people got upset over this card being thrown in letterboxes all over Rotterdam:
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The front of the card asks: Which one is real?
The back of the card says: None of them. Sinterklaas is dead, Father Christmas is made up, and God is not a bearded old man. Just look at Jesus, as he has said: He who has seen me, has seen God.
Lots of parents complained about this, even threatening with a lawsuit for upsetting their children in their Sinterklaas celebration.
I just sit back and enjoy the show, I think its rather funny. I never quite understood this need to lie about Sinterklaas/Santa being real or not, this is a celebration about the life of a man who supposedly did good things, why would we need to have it as a living person? People don't believe in the Easter Bunny as a real person, why should Santa be?
The front of the card asks: Which one is real?
The back of the card says: None of them. Sinterklaas is dead, Father Christmas is made up, and God is not a bearded old man. Just look at Jesus, as he has said: He who has seen me, has seen God.
Lots of parents complained about this, even threatening with a lawsuit for upsetting their children in their Sinterklaas celebration.
I just sit back and enjoy the show, I think its rather funny. I never quite understood this need to lie about Sinterklaas/Santa being real or not, this is a celebration about the life of a man who supposedly did good things, why would we need to have it as a living person? People don't believe in the Easter Bunny as a real person, why should Santa be?
Best regards,
Leo van Miert
Horsepower is how hard you hit the wall --Torque is how far you take the wall with you
Leo van Miert
Horsepower is how hard you hit the wall --Torque is how far you take the wall with you
