Peter as Sinterklaas
Chapters
Peter is put on a chair. We super grow him a white beard. It's not holding very strongly, but leaves room to breath, eat, and drink.
Look what else we found. It's a Sinterklaas look-alike boot. Hmmmm!! I never saw Sinterklaas wearing boots like that. Would Americans know better?
This is what Dutch people call "Mijter". I don't know any English word that sound similar.
The next step added is a red blanket. Or something recognized by some Santa Cruz folks as a "Pope outfit".
So what does Sinterklaas do?
Sinterklaas gets a lot of gifts the night before his birthday: December 6. Hmmm. Is that co-incidental the same date as a planned marriage of Peter and his girlfriend? Yes it is. Okay now things become clearer.
Sinterklaas is having his birthday on the 6th. He gets a lot of presents on the 5th. Rich Sinterklaas doesn't need all the gifts, so he gives these away in the night of the 5th to all the poor children. He rides a white horse and he has black helpers called "Zwarte Piet" (translated: Black Peter). Zwarte Piet climbs roofs and drops presents through the chimney. (Something starts slowly boiling up here. Was Zwarte Piet black because he was black, or was he black because he went through the chimney to deliver the presents? I would go for the second one, because it's not racial or discriminating.)
Fortunately for Peter we don't have a white horse. Unfortunately for Peter we are to fat to go through the chimney. Peter's helpers are: Ted, Paul, Peter, Axel, Anton, and Henk.
Sinterklaas first checks if the children behaved nicely. And if they did, they get presents. A lot of children behave very nicely, especially before Sinterklaas' birthday. So it makes more sense to ask if there are any badly behaving children: "Zijn hier nog stoute kindertjes?". (translation: Are there any bad children here?). So here is a first test.
Good children are allowed to sit on Sinterklaas' knee. This child obviously did something and Sinterklaas has his special laugh. But then Sinterklaas forgives her and she gets her present. (Oeps, I missed that one, remind me: Did they kiss?)
Now Sinterklaas is ready for action. The crowd is cheering.
Man!!!! What are all those women doing her????
Look at that:
Let's disappear before they lock the door and keep Sinter-goodlooking-Klaas.
Sinterklaas gets a lot of attention. Look at all the children peeking over their shoulders.
Zwarte Piet found a big black hole. It's called the Giant Dipper. Oops! A long black hole.
And it felt like a chimney, except the smoke was missing.
Sinterklaas did not loose his Mijter. So we continued.
But the children were leaving.....
....and so did we!
It was very crowded, and they only let us in when someone attended their Karaoke show. Sinterklaas has a very good voice and a excellent musical education, so we signed him up.
Off course, Sinterklaas, almost holy, needed a choir. So he got one: "The Hollandische Choir of Peterlaas"
This was a real succes, the crowd kept on cheering for more. So Sinterklaas made a come back!
This is the Suzanne song with sub-titles by Elisa.
Finally Sinter-Peter-Klaas got a break.
His thrist was unstoppable. So he continued for a while.
Then there was the second come back. The crowd loved him.
And when that was done, it was time to relax.
Off course, Sinterklaas won by far from all his Zwarte Pieten. With an end-shore under 50, to be precise:49, he blew his helpers completely away. The rest was all up in the fifties. High fifties naturally.
Well....this was fun! But a horse is more reliable. No hassle with coins.
They had a nice chat, nothing happened, all Zwarte Pieten made sure that Sinterklaas returned to his seat and started eating his diner.
However we could not wipe out the smile on his face. We feared for the rest of the night.
Once Sinterklaas gets started, there is no way back. And so happened.
As soon as a woman appeared on the horizon, Sinterklaas stepped on the gas, caught the girls attention, and started chatting.
I am not sure why he did it. I guess he fears his next coming birthday. Maybe he's not gonna make it, and likes to enjoy the last free moments in life. Maybe it was just his suit? In that case, we better check it out boys!!
Question: Does Sinterklaas remember any of their names?
And finally Sinterklaas gave his Mijter away.
It's up to you to choose!
1. I am not
Sinterklaas. I am a bunny! Look at my ears!
2. I am scared,
because I am gonna get married next week.
3. I am
Super-Santa. I don't see any problem. Do you?
4. Do you also see
a holy blue circle on my nose? I do!
- The making of Sinterklaas
- Forcing a dip
- Live performance
- Relax
- Where is my horse!
- Electing the right girl
- End credits
The making of Sinterklaas
4pm. Santa Cruz, California Street. The boys meet at Peter's house. Peter is in the barn. Preparing something? Maybe a good place to stay over? First a tour through the barn. Time to get going.Peter is put on a chair. We super grow him a white beard. It's not holding very strongly, but leaves room to breath, eat, and drink.
Look what else we found. It's a Sinterklaas look-alike boot. Hmmmm!! I never saw Sinterklaas wearing boots like that. Would Americans know better?
This is what Dutch people call "Mijter". I don't know any English word that sound similar.
The next step added is a red blanket. Or something recognized by some Santa Cruz folks as a "Pope outfit".
So what does Sinterklaas do?
Sinterklaas gets a lot of gifts the night before his birthday: December 6. Hmmm. Is that co-incidental the same date as a planned marriage of Peter and his girlfriend? Yes it is. Okay now things become clearer.
Sinterklaas is having his birthday on the 6th. He gets a lot of presents on the 5th. Rich Sinterklaas doesn't need all the gifts, so he gives these away in the night of the 5th to all the poor children. He rides a white horse and he has black helpers called "Zwarte Piet" (translated: Black Peter). Zwarte Piet climbs roofs and drops presents through the chimney. (Something starts slowly boiling up here. Was Zwarte Piet black because he was black, or was he black because he went through the chimney to deliver the presents? I would go for the second one, because it's not racial or discriminating.)
Fortunately for Peter we don't have a white horse. Unfortunately for Peter we are to fat to go through the chimney. Peter's helpers are: Ted, Paul, Peter, Axel, Anton, and Henk.
Sinterklaas first checks if the children behaved nicely. And if they did, they get presents. A lot of children behave very nicely, especially before Sinterklaas' birthday. So it makes more sense to ask if there are any badly behaving children: "Zijn hier nog stoute kindertjes?". (translation: Are there any bad children here?). So here is a first test.
Good children are allowed to sit on Sinterklaas' knee. This child obviously did something and Sinterklaas has his special laugh. But then Sinterklaas forgives her and she gets her present. (Oeps, I missed that one, remind me: Did they kiss?)
Now Sinterklaas is ready for action. The crowd is cheering.
Man!!!! What are all those women doing her????
Look at that:
Let's disappear before they lock the door and keep Sinter-goodlooking-Klaas.
Forcing a dip
Quickly we jumped in the car and drove off to a place for children. Let's go to the boardwalk.Sinterklaas gets a lot of attention. Look at all the children peeking over their shoulders.
Zwarte Piet found a big black hole. It's called the Giant Dipper. Oops! A long black hole.
And it felt like a chimney, except the smoke was missing.
Sinterklaas did not loose his Mijter. So we continued.
But the children were leaving.....
....and so did we!
Live Performance
Getting thirsty we ended up in a Irish pub called "the Poet and Patriot".It was very crowded, and they only let us in when someone attended their Karaoke show. Sinterklaas has a very good voice and a excellent musical education, so we signed him up.
Off course, Sinterklaas, almost holy, needed a choir. So he got one: "The Hollandische Choir of Peterlaas"
This was a real succes, the crowd kept on cheering for more. So Sinterklaas made a come back!
This is the Suzanne song with sub-titles by Elisa.
Finally Sinter-Peter-Klaas got a break.
His thrist was unstoppable. So he continued for a while.
Then there was the second come back. The crowd loved him.
And when that was done, it was time to relax.
Relax
Sinter-Peter-Klaas most favourite relax sport is: GOLF. To be more precise: mini-golf.Off course, Sinterklaas won by far from all his Zwarte Pieten. With an end-shore under 50, to be precise:49, he blew his helpers completely away. The rest was all up in the fifties. High fifties naturally.
Where is my horse?
Sinterklaas has still his faithfull horse in Spain. But every now and then, he likes to test drive some new models. So we caught Sinterklaas on a board.Well....this was fun! But a horse is more reliable. No hassle with coins.
Electing the right girl
By now Sinterklaas needed some good food. However at 10pm, shops started closing. We were very lucky at another Irish place. But there something went wrong. Sinter-good looking-Klaas got under the attention of another good looking .......They had a nice chat, nothing happened, all Zwarte Pieten made sure that Sinterklaas returned to his seat and started eating his diner.
However we could not wipe out the smile on his face. We feared for the rest of the night.
Once Sinterklaas gets started, there is no way back. And so happened.
As soon as a woman appeared on the horizon, Sinterklaas stepped on the gas, caught the girls attention, and started chatting.
I am not sure why he did it. I guess he fears his next coming birthday. Maybe he's not gonna make it, and likes to enjoy the last free moments in life. Maybe it was just his suit? In that case, we better check it out boys!!
Question: Does Sinterklaas remember any of their names?
And finally Sinterklaas gave his Mijter away.
End Credits
While chatting with all the nice ladies, Sinterklaas continued drinking. There was a lot of fun and these last pictures tell what really happened.It's up to you to choose!
1. I am not
Sinterklaas. I am a bunny! Look at my ears!2. I am scared,
because I am gonna get married next week.3. I am
Super-Santa. I don't see any problem. Do you?4. Do you also see
a holy blue circle on my nose? I do!