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Tomorrow is St. Nicholas' Day. Remember to put your boot outside your door or in your window sill.



p.s. Watch out for the Krampus

I'm 1/8 white (French). Does that mean that I would be the one paying for my own reparations if I applied for them? Instead of 40 acres and a mule, would it be 35 acres and a mule?

You get reparations? I thought you were a Chinaman.

If you're Belgian or Dutch, please allow this to serve as a reminder that yes, Black Peter is considered racist by the rest of the world.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/12/ ... G820121203

"There's a theory that says that important people had a black servant, it was a status symbol. Sinterklaas was an important man, so he needed one too," said John Helsloot a researcher at the Meertens Institute in Amsterdam.

Or maybe Knecht Ruprecht, if that's your bag.

Commies and Nazis on this thread....