The Dutch have a Sinterklaas tradition that mirrors the American folklore of the breaded man in a red suit with his magical helpers and flying stabled animal friends. I spent a few minutes really thinking about their traditions, and I don't think its gonna fly as a mainstream thing over on this side of the pond. They are SO un-PC that to even mention some of these things in passing makes me lookout for possible retaliation! Yet, it is based on this holiday that our own Santa Claus tradition was born. I can see why we changed things up a bit! I'll break it down for you:
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Sunday, December 5, 2010
Saturday, October 9, 2010
Where I'm From
I stumbled upon a post by a fellow blogger, On the Rocks and Straight Up. Her prelude was: This was written for this week's writing meme at the Red Dress club. The prompt was kind of a Mad-Libs fill in the blank poem called "Where I'm from." Where I'm From template.
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