I thought why not share our favorite christmas postcards with each other that we either sent or received officially! I personally love looking at the official gallery for Christmas postcards these days… there’re so many beautiful ones…
I’m waiting for my slots to open up so I can send more Christmas postcards (to those who requests them of course). So far, I’ve sent & received these:
@niki5 Nice topic! Technically, your third card depicts Sinterklaas. Christmas celebrations in The Netherlands are separate from the visit of Sinterklaas on 5 December.
Yes, Sinterklaas brings presents as well. Usually when the children are still young, Sinterklaas is celebrated with presents. But both Sinterklaas and Christmas are celebrated with presents.
Here is a hilarious commercial about the ‘battle’ between Sinterklaas and Christmas every year:
Lucky Dutch children! So it’s Sinterklaas on 5.12. but does Santa Claus visit on Christmas Eve/Day? Or it is Sinterklaas also on Christmas? I must say I’m not very familiar with this Sinterklaas character
Haha, yes lucky indeed! The character of Santa Claus is not really ‘sold’ to the children like Sinterklaas is. When you are little, you believe in Sinterklaas, not in Santa Claus.
As you can see in the commercial, the day Sinterklaas has left our country again (he lives in Spain), it’s Christmas all the way and Sinterklaas is out of the picture!