It’s kind of a big thing back in the homeland. Kids put out their biggest boots (or more than one pair of shoes) on the evening of December 5th, then wake up to see them filled with chocolate, nuts, and oranges — well, at least that was the case when I was a child, back in the last century
Theoretically, children that had misbehaved would get coal or nothing, but I was clearly a very well behaved child
I’m aware this is more of a Western European tradition, but given how international our members are I thought I’d ask.
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Harters
(John Hartley - a culinary patriot, cooking and eating in northwest England)
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And, on related subject, do any of our members with Dutch heritage celebrate Zwarte Piet (Black Peter), alongside St Nick? Yes, I know it’s a controversial thing in parts of Netherlands society these days.
He comes into the church in the middle of the service, comes to the front, gathers the young (and young at heart) around him, and tells about himself. He is fairly tall and has a deep voice. His bishop’s clothing, replete with crozier and mitre. He hands out chocolate coins wrapped in gold coins. When he is done, he says where he is headed next and leaves the way he came.
