Sinterklaas Wiki
Sinterklaas is based on the historical figure of saint nicholas 270343 a greek bishop of myra in present day turkey.
Sinterklaas wiki. Sinterklaas arrives in the netherlands in november generally by steamer from spain and celebrates his birthday on december 5th by giving presents to all children. Sinterklaas also called sint nicolaas is a traditional winter holiday figure in dutch speaking europe the netherlands and flanders and is also well known in the former dutch colonies. Every year he is celebrated in the netherlands one day before saint nicholas died 5 december and on 6 december in belgium.
Sinterklaas ook sint nicolaas sint of de goedheiligman is de hoofdpersoon van het sinterklaasfeest dat op 5 december in nederland en in enkele voormalige nederlandse kolonien en op 6 december in belgie wordt gevierd. He wears a long red cape or chasuble over a traditional white bishops alb and a sometimes red stole dons a red mitre and ruby ring and holds a gold coloured crosier a long. Sinterklaas also sint nicolaas or just sint is the dutch counterpart to santa claus and in fact formed the basis for the westernized santa.
He is depicted as an elderly stately and serious man with white hair and a long full beard. The sinterklaas legend appears to be the marriage of traits taken from the norse god odin catholic saint saint nicholas and various others.