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Sinterklaas surprise present
For the Dutch celebration of Sinterklaas our family decided to go with "surprises" (pronounced sur - prease - us), which is a common way of doing the gift-giving when everyone is old enough to know *spoilers* that Sinterklaas is not the one handing them out. ;)
Apparently, it might be a Dutch thing (hoezegjeinhetengels.nl/surprise/). In a way it's similar to Secret Santa, but the participants make fun, beautiful or wacky DIY creations to conceal their gifts. Being very short on time, I did what I do best and built mine out of LEGO. My grandmother really loved it!
Usually, the creatively crafted packgage gets tossed, but glad I got mine back in one piece. The inside of the box still smells of perfume, btw. :)
Sinterklaas surprise present
For the Dutch celebration of Sinterklaas our family decided to go with "surprises" (pronounced sur - prease - us), which is a common way of doing the gift-giving when everyone is old enough to know *spoilers* that Sinterklaas is not the one handing them out. ;)
Apparently, it might be a Dutch thing (hoezegjeinhetengels.nl/surprise/). In a way it's similar to Secret Santa, but the participants make fun, beautiful or wacky DIY creations to conceal their gifts. Being very short on time, I did what I do best and built mine out of LEGO. My grandmother really loved it!
Usually, the creatively crafted packgage gets tossed, but glad I got mine back in one piece. The inside of the box still smells of perfume, btw. :)