Fun fact: that's actually Father Christmas' dutch cousin, SinterklaasHe's just like the British and American version, except:
*his big day is on the 5th of December
*he travels by both steamboat and a grey horse instead of a sleigh pulled by reindeer
*he lives in Spain instead of the North Pole/Lapland
*he has a shoe fetish instead of a stocking fetish
*he has blacks deliver the presents instead of elves
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Sun 19 Dec 2010, 18:19,
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*his big day is on the 5th of December
*he travels by both steamboat and a grey horse instead of a sleigh pulled by reindeer
*he lives in Spain instead of the North Pole/Lapland
*he has a shoe fetish instead of a stocking fetish
*he has blacks deliver the presents instead of elves
Or for Russian Orthodox east Europe
Michulas (Mick.ool.ash)
Otherwise, St Michael (Byzantine saint who gave presents to the poor).
Day 6th December.
And incidentally, Christmas is on 24th December.
(Michulas (Mick.ool.ash)
Otherwise, St Michael (Byzantine saint who gave presents to the poor).
Day 6th December.
And incidentally, Christmas is on 24th December.
Traducer,
Sun 19 Dec 2010, 18:48,
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