Nothing at all! Santa Claus does not come to Dutch children, so they don´t need the stocking. They get presents on December 5th from a Santa-lookalike called Sinterklaas and he puts presents in shoes
They put out their shoes.
I think I remember reading that Dutch children put out wooden shoes with hay in them for the reindeer!
They put out their shoes. I think I remember reading that Dutch children put out wooden shoes with hay in them for the reindeer!
Boots, Dutch shoes, both footwear.
We Dutch have our own Santa who comes end November. He places gifts in the children's shoes which they have put besides the radiator or fireplace. If we give each other gifts during Christmas we put them under the Christmas tree.
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Dutch children would hang their shoes by the fireside before stockings. They believed that Sinterklaas (their version of Santa Claus) would fill them with gifts and treats on the eve of St. Nicholas Day.
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The Dutch word for stockings is kousen. It's pronounced as cowsun.
The Dutch do celebrate Christmas and they also call it Christmas. They also have Christmas trees, exchange gifts and tell tales of Santa to their children. The Dutch word for Christmas is Kerstmis, or Kerst in short.
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No, Christmas in American. Sinterklaas is Dutch. Christmas was made up, on basis of Sinterklaas.
The Dutch celebrate Christmas because most of the Dutch are christians (protestant and catholic), so they celebrate Christmas like in all christian countries. The Dutch people are less religious then American or English. They don't celebrate it because they believe in God. Most of the time they don't get any gifts, but lately they get them because it is in other countries.