By Fumei Shirokuro
On December 5th or 6th Saint Nicholas is really celebrated; we then celebrate the birthday of Saint Nicholas. At least that’s what we tell the children. In truth it’s the death day of Saint Nicholas, since he died on December 6th. In the Netherlands, it differs for each household when they exactly celebrate it. Most Dutch households celebrate it the evening of December 5th. But in Belgium, they mostly celebrate it the morning of December 6th.
Traditional Dutch Candy for this holiday are Speculoos, Pepernoten, and Kruidnoten. At least those are a few of the examples that I like. Others are chocolate letters (which is also yum), a banketletter (which I don’t like), Buttertablet (also not on my yum list), Marzipan (I also don’t like this) and Taaitaai (which I sometimes like). There are tons more candy for this holiday, but these are the most common ones! Just for you guys I’m going to tell you the recipe for baking Kruidnoten, since they are really easy to make and very yummy!!