Here in the Netherlands, most people are willing to change the tradition. It's definitely not to mock people. It's just too bad there will always be extremes. A minority is "the blackface apologists". An even smaller minority wants to abolish the tradition completely. I asked my dark-skinned…Â
Actually we first started celebrating Sinterklaas. The Dutch-American kolonists wanted to honor Sinterklaas as well. Later on the celebration became aligned with christmas. The dutch people thought: we want that too. And that is the story of how the Us got santa claus and the Netherlands…Â
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