Sinterklaas is an event that is mainly intended for children, it consists of a man named Saint Nicholas who sails by boat from Spain to the Netherlands. he comes here together with Pieten, these are his helpers, although this is sometimes a controversial topic. Until a few years ago, Pieten were painted completely black, which is supposed to represent soot. These Piets climb onto the roof of houses and enter through the chimney. Children put their shoe in front of the chimney with a gift list in i or a carrot for the horse Saint Nicolas rides and sing songs and Piet then puts a present in their shoe that evening. This goes on for a few days and finally on December 5th there is an evening celebration and the children receive larger presents. However you will only get presents if your good otherwise Saint Nicolas will put you in a bag and take you to Spain with him. During this festival, small gingerbread cookies called gingerbread cookies and other Dutch sweets are eaten. Most children actually believe this is real till they are around 10 years old.
