'Sinterklaas' ~ Seasonal Holiday Cards ~ The Award Tree ~
~ Annual Seasonal Holiday Cards ~ Diana Pau
Dutch settlers to the USA took the stories of St. Nicholas or 'Sinterklaas', as he'd come to be known in parts of northern Europe, with them.
Over time the celebration of Sinterklaas died out in the early USA. However, St. Nicholas became popular again in the early 1800s when writers, poets and artists, such as Washington Irving, rediscovered the old Dutch stories about St Nicholas. In their new and re-worked stories and St Nicholas / Sinterklaas became 'Santa Claus'!
New! Challenge 230.0 ~ Seasonal Holiday Cards .50. ~ The Award Tree ~
'Sinterklaas' ~ Seasonal Holiday Cards ~ The Award Tree ~
~ Annual Seasonal Holiday Cards ~ Diana Pau
Dutch settlers to the USA took the stories of St. Nicholas or 'Sinterklaas', as he'd come to be known in parts of northern Europe, with them.
Over time the celebration of Sinterklaas died out in the early USA. However, St. Nicholas became popular again in the early 1800s when writers, poets and artists, such as Washington Irving, rediscovered the old Dutch stories about St Nicholas. In their new and re-worked stories and St Nicholas / Sinterklaas became 'Santa Claus'!
New! Challenge 230.0 ~ Seasonal Holiday Cards .50. ~ The Award Tree ~