Racism returns for another round. There is still a bit debate about whether or not the Dutch version of Santa is a racist tradition. He comes on a steamboat from Spain, surrounded by a bunch of little people with faces that are painted black. They help him to do his work and make lots of mistakes. They all have the same name - Black Piet. And yet, according to many Dutch people, there is nothing racist about it...
The entourage came to our village last night. Abigail was pretty scared, but she did alright. We lost her scarf though - that brought more than a few tears. Amélie wanted to stay longer.
I made good progress at both jobs this week. The bed for Hessel should be finished up on Monday if all goes well. I managed to finish all my school work without a problem, unlike the week before. We also have the only free weekend in about a month, so Naomi is busy with grading, of course. Should be a nice morning for a walk to the Bosrand...thinking more and more about buying one of those...
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| Car nap on the way back from Oma's 97th birthday. |
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| The Piet's taking care of Sinterklaas's white horse. |
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| Music getting louder... |
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| Loud music. Lots of people. |
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