E aʻo a pau e pili ana i kēia Hōʻailona Kalikimaka Mālani
Ma muli o St. Nicolas, ka mea hoʻomalu o nā keiki, Sinterklass (ʻo ia ka inoa o ka hōʻailona o Sint Nikolaas ) he kanaka mele Kalikiano kaulana i kaulana ma Netherlands. ʻOiai ua likeʻo ia me Santa Claus no ka mea heʻelemakuleʻo ia me kaʻumiʻumi piha keʻokeʻo, nāna i ulaʻula,ʻo Sinterklass he kanaka iʻoi aku ka maikaʻi, hāʻawi i ka pale poʻo o ka bishop a me ka laweʻana i kahi koʻokoʻo kahu hipa lōʻihi.
Hoʻomaʻa ka Dutch i kaʻahaʻaina o Sinterklaas e hoʻomaikaʻi ana i ke ola o St.
ʻO Nicholas, aʻoiaiʻo St. Nicholas e hōʻike mauʻia ana i kaʻaʻahu o kāna kāpena, uaʻike ka Dutch eʻike iā ia ma keʻano he kanakaʻelemakule maikaʻi,ʻaʻole he kahunapule Katolika. ʻO ka hopena, he mahaloʻiaʻo Sinterklaas e nā poʻe Holani o nā makahiki a pau a me nā manaʻoʻiʻo, me ka loaʻaʻole o nā manaʻo hoʻomana.
ʻO kaʻahaʻaina o Sinterklaas
ʻO kēia Santa Clausʻoiaʻiʻo maoli i hānauʻia e nā mākua waiwai i ke kenekuliaʻekolu i Patara (ʻo ia ka wahi Helene i kēlā manawa, akā he hapaʻo Turkey kēia manawa). Ua hoʻohanaʻo ia i kona ola e hāʻawi aku ana i kāna kālā i ka poʻeʻilihune a me nā hana maikaʻi. Ua makeʻo ia ma ka lā 6 o Dekemaba aʻo ia ka lā e hoʻomanaʻoʻia ai -ʻo kaʻahaʻaina o Sinterklass e mālamaʻia ana ma Dekemaba 5 a me 6.
ʻO ka lā hoʻomana,ʻo St. Nicholas's Eve a me St. Nicholas's Day, ke mālamaʻia nei ma ka hāʻawiʻana i nā makana a me nā lekaleka makaleka (ʻo ka mua o ka mea loaʻa). He mea maʻamau nō hoʻi ka hoʻonani maikaʻiʻana o kāu mea i aloha ai, ma keʻano o nā mele poʻomanaʻo i kākauʻia e ka mea nāna i hāʻawi, a hāʻawi mai i ka mea "hōʻeha" nui,ʻo ia hoʻi he (homemade) gag makana e hūnā i kekahi mea i loko.
Ma Holland, he mea maʻalahi ka hāʻawiʻana i nā makana ma Sinterklaas ma mua o ka Kalikimaka, kahi lā e noho ai me kaʻohana a hele i ka hale pule.
ʻO kaʻai o Sinterklass
Ma kaʻahaʻaina o Sinterklaas, ua hāʻawi ka Dutch i nā mea hua likeʻole me nā kuki, nā lole, a me nā meaʻai. ʻO ka loiloi maʻamau he mau'ōpae ( cook spices ), kruidnoten (nā kī liʻiliʻi,ʻo ia hoʻi nā huaʻoki nalu), ka pepernoten (nā kuki meli liʻiliʻi i kaʻeli ), ke kāai-taai ( nāʻanoʻano aneto a me ka meli) . (he meaʻalaʻoluʻolu).
ʻO ka waina maʻemaʻe , i kapaʻia he bischopswijn , hauʻoli pū kekahi.
Wave a Carrot
Ua manaʻo nā kamaliʻi Holani e kākauʻo Sinterklaas ināʻaʻole lākou i maikaʻi a maikaʻi paha ma kāna pukeʻulaʻula. E holo anaʻo Sinterklaas i kahi lio keʻokeʻo, a kau nā keiki i nā kāloti i ko lākou mau kāmaʻa no kona lio, me ka manaʻo e kūʻaiʻo St. Nicholas iā lākou i makana inā he maikaʻi.
ʻOiaʻiʻo Sinterklass Vs. ʻO Santa
Ua'ōleloʻiaʻo Sinterklaas ka mua o Santa Claus. Manaʻo nā poʻe mōʻaukala ua lawe nā poʻe Dutch a me German i ke kuʻikahi me lākou iʻAmelika. Ma laila, ua hoʻololi kokeʻia kona kapa Katolika i loko o kaʻaʻahuʻulaʻula pāʻaniʻole me ka huluʻulu keʻokeʻo a mākou i maʻa mua. Hoʻohui houʻia, ua hāʻawiʻia kāna puke i kahi pahupaʻu i kālaiʻia a ua kūʻaiʻia aku kona hilinaʻi keʻokeʻo keʻokeʻo ma kahi pūʻali koa. Ma kēlā a me kēia,ʻo Sinterklaas lāuaʻo Santa Claus e kū nei no ka lokomaikaʻi o kaʻuhane a me ke aloha i nā keiki.