Comments on: Santa Claus in Holland: Zwarte Piet and Saint Nicholas http://capitolcommentary.com/2009/12/01/santa-klaus-in-holland-zwarte-piet-and-saint-nicholas/ A smaller government is a better government. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:56:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Clair http://capitolcommentary.com/2009/12/01/santa-klaus-in-holland-zwarte-piet-and-saint-nicholas/#comment-8164 Clair Thu, 12 May 2011 11:56:37 +0000 http://harrisonprice.com/?p=3311#comment-8164 Hey there, I life in the Netherlands and as it happens the Sinterklaas feast is centuries old. Its not a replacement for Santa Claus as we know him as well in the Netherlands as Christmas is more the christian way. Hey there,

I life in the Netherlands and as it happens the Sinterklaas feast is centuries old. Its not a replacement for Santa Claus as we know him as well in the Netherlands as Christmas is more the christian way.
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]]> By: Dean http://capitolcommentary.com/2009/12/01/santa-klaus-in-holland-zwarte-piet-and-saint-nicholas/#comment-2634 Dean Thu, 03 Dec 2009 21:52:45 +0000 http://harrisonprice.com/?p=3311#comment-2634 Harrison, thanks for posting this. Fascinating. Exit question: wouldn't the multi-color "Piet" be offensive as a cultural white-washing (no pun intended) as Piet's "blackness" is being de-emphasized? Harrison, thanks for posting this. Fascinating.

Exit question: wouldn’t the multi-color “Piet” be offensive as a cultural white-washing (no pun intended) as Piet’s “blackness” is being de-emphasized?

]]> By: Harrison http://capitolcommentary.com/2009/12/01/santa-klaus-in-holland-zwarte-piet-and-saint-nicholas/#comment-2633 Harrison Thu, 03 Dec 2009 03:37:15 +0000 http://harrisonprice.com/?p=3311#comment-2633 I was thinking Dutch Uncle. I was thinking Dutch Uncle.

]]> By: vulcanhammer http://capitolcommentary.com/2009/12/01/santa-klaus-in-holland-zwarte-piet-and-saint-nicholas/#comment-2632 vulcanhammer Wed, 02 Dec 2009 21:34:35 +0000 http://harrisonprice.com/?p=3311#comment-2632 While in Maastricht for Carnival (Yes, they have a carnival) some years back, I would notice some of the revelers wearing Afro's and black face. I asked my Dutch friends about it and their attitude was that dressing up like this did not have the same racially sensitive connotation that it had back in the States. Now I had also seen this before in Barcelona during a street festival while with my girlfriend (now my wife) and she was very bothered by it. I tried to explain as best I could but she wasn't having any of it. .-= vulcanhammer´s last blog ..<a href="http://vulcanhammer.blogspot.com/2009/12/heat-is-on.html" rel="nofollow">The Heat Is On!</a> =-. While in Maastricht for Carnival (Yes, they have a carnival) some years back, I would notice some of the revelers wearing Afro’s and black face. I asked my Dutch friends about it and their attitude was that dressing up like this did not have the same racially sensitive connotation that it had back in the States. Now I had also seen this before in Barcelona during a street festival while with my girlfriend (now my wife) and she was very bothered by it. I tried to explain as best I could but she wasn’t having any of it.
.-= vulcanhammer´s last blog ..The Heat Is On! =-.

]]> By: marie http://capitolcommentary.com/2009/12/01/santa-klaus-in-holland-zwarte-piet-and-saint-nicholas/#comment-2631 marie Wed, 02 Dec 2009 18:56:52 +0000 http://harrisonprice.com/?p=3311#comment-2631 He could almost pass for America's Coco-Cola Santa :) I think they must be related, maybe they are cousins? He could almost pass for America’s Coco-Cola Santa :)
I think they must be related, maybe they are cousins?

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