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100
People sit around a water well to sing Christmas carols and tell stories. True or False?
False is the answer. They sit around a tree.
100
Do people eat cookies shaped like the person's first letter of their first name, or the first letter of their last name?
The first letter of their first name. In Holland, this is known as letter blanket.
100
In Holland, do the people decorate a palm tree, or an evergreen tree at Christmas?
The people in Holland decorate an evergreen tree, but they call a Christmas tree a paradise tree!
100
Does Sinterklaas or Black Peter deliver gifts to te good children?
Sinterklaas delivers the presents, and Black Peter gives punishments! Black Peter is said to put the children in a bag and take them back to where Sinterklaas lives! But that is only a legend.
100
Does Sinterklaas get to holland by an airplane, boat, or dogsled?
Sinterklaas gets to Holland by boat. In Holland cartoons, he might be getting there by an airplane.
200
Do people go on St. Nicholas day treasure hunts with songs and christmas carols, or riddles and poems as the clues?
Riddles and poems are the clues.
200
Do the people eat cake that is shaped like a star or shaped like a ring?
They eat cake shaped like a ring (not a ring you wear around your finger). The people in Hollland call this Kersttulband.
200
Do people in Holland put holly on the roof, or in the house?
They put holly inside the house. If they put holly on the roof, the snow would cover it up!
200
Is Sinterklaas dressed in blue and orange or red and gold bishop's robes?
He is dressed in red and gold Bishop's robes.
200
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300
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300
Is Oliebollen a doughnut, or a cookie?
Oliebollen is a pastry-like doughnut. It is usually topped with raisins and powdered sugar.
300
Will the people in Holland put a mini model of Sinterklass and his horse, or Sinterklass and his boat out for decoration?
They most likely will put a model of Sinterklass and his horse, but we can't see what everybody puts up in their house.
300
Does Sinterklaas have a big, white and puffy hat, or a big, white and puffy beard?
Sinterklaas has a big, white and puffy beard. He already has a bishop's mijter(a fancy name for a Bishop hat).
300
In Holland, is Black peter called Zwarte Piet, or Sinterhelper?
In english we say he is Black Peter. But in Dutch, we say it as Zwarte Piet. NOT Sinterhelper.
400
Do people go to church, or to a huge amusement park, to celebrate?
Church is where they go.
400
Spice cookies are very common during the holiday season. True or false?
True. Their names are Speculaas koejes.
400
Do people in Holland put figurines, paintings, and drawings of Sinterklaas up at Christmas time, or do they put up jugs, milk cartons, and wine bottles up that look like Sinterklaas up at Christmas time?
The people in Holland put up figurines, paintings, and drawings of Sinterklaas up at Christmas time.
400
Does Sinterklaas wear red or white gloves?
He usually wears white gloves, but can be seen wearing purple gloves.
400
Does Sinterklaas ride a white or a brown horsey in the parade?
He rides a white horsey in the parade.
500
The farmers blow horns over water wells to announce that Christmas is coming. True or false?
True is the answer.
500
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500
Do people in Holland light candles at Christmas?
Yes, they do. Their decorations are a lot like ours!
500
Does Sinterklaas hold a golden staff curled at the top, or zig-zagged at the bottom?
He holds a golden staff that is curled at the top(a staff is a fancy stick).
500
Alike to Santa, Sinterklaas has a book of all the behavior of all the children in Holland. True or false?
True. This country's holidays are almost the same as ours!