Just a short Saint Nicholas story.

What does Saint Nicholas have with orange? 

Orange apples. It's a phrase from a good old Sinterklaas song. Our country has a lot of orange. Therefore, a reference to that color is not illogical.

But in the time of Saint Nicholas with his red miter and tabberd, I didn't find orange. At that time of the utterly black Piet, I don't think it fit.

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Of course, orange does rhyme with Spain. And let the holy man be housed just there throughout the year.

So with a bit of frills, the light jumps on orange.

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