Droste surprise!

Op pakjesavond geeft Sinterklaas veel cadeaus en surprises, vaak vergezeld van een gedicht.

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On St.Nicholaseve (5 december) Sinterklaas (or Sint for short) gives lots of presents and surprises (French pronunciation). Many are accompanied with a poem about the receiver and the present. A surprise is, well, a surprise.

Sinterklaas is an old man very wise
He thought let’s make a very cool surprise
As life is not a chocolatebox
But it surely rocks
A chocolateletter with a never ending result
He thought it was quite difficult
The effect was the letter disappeared
And how much Sinterklaas ever peered
It was gone into the smallest bits
He just hopes that this fits….
Oh, and then a very important hint
Look at the link down, your surprise from Sint

Sinterklaas

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On the photo: thus not the chocolateletter D, but some other things which have to do with the celebration of Sinterklaas. St. Nicholas is the patron saint of Amsterdam, hence the three St.Andrews crosses, these are in the coat of arms of Amsterdam. Kruidnoten is a must, just as ‘little apples of orange’ (mandarins) which are brought from Spain by Sinterklaas.

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Music: Andante from Symphony nr. 94 (‘Surprise’) by Joseph Haydn, this part contains a musical ‘surprise’, hence its English nickname. www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNwMXj0Y1_Y