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Dutch Children Placing Their Shoe With Sinterklaas

Monday, 24th October 2011 - Last updated on: Monday, 24th October 2011

Why do Dutch children put their shoes in front of the fire place?
On November 12th Sinterklaas is visiting the Netherlands again (read more about Sinterklaas in our earlier post). All the Dutch children are very excited, because Sinterklaas means lots of presents. To receive these presents, the children put their shoes in front of the fireplace. But why do they do that?

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