Sinterklaas story

Since yesterday, Sinterklaas is back in the country. I want to pay a little bit of attention to that in the coming weeks in a few short sequels. Here is the first part of the Nutcracker Suite. I expect to post the second part in early December.

Inside the suite

I'm taking my nutcracker to my palace suite. There, in that spacious room — in the conservatory, to be precise — the tones of the music sound very clear. That's clear and ready.

In that suite, I receive three young people. Cool guests in their own right, but they don't like my favorite music, the Nutcracker Suite by Tchaikovsky. And that's exactly why this is now on. I want to let them feel, show them, experience what it's like to crack down this music.

Who I am? I am the holy man. Every year, I come from Spain to that cold little country on the North Sea. So to the Netherlands. And that's where I'm celebrating my birthday, giving out countless gifts.

But in that country, my auxiliary troops, my servants, have not been tolerated for a few years. And that while the Netherlands says it is so tolerant and values the culture of tolerance in various areas.

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