Deutsche Welle: Racism controversy dampens Holland’s Sinterklaas tradition

Children across Europe eagerly await the arrive of St. Nicholas on December 6. But in Holland, the tradition has racist implications that the Dutch aren’t quite willing to give up.


http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,6285736,00.html

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