Sinterklaas. This is, for real, the biggest national holiday in Holland.

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David Sedaris was baffled by our traditions: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbJpRLhaSqs&feature=related

I'm not goign to get into it, but them thar colored boys aren't minstrels, they're Zwarte Pieten. It's not racist, we swear!