HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Nov. 9, 2022) – Sinterklaas will be back in Holland next month.
Officials with the Tulip Time Festival announced on Monday that the Dutch tradition returns to the Holland Kerstmarkt on Friday, December 2nd. Holland’s annual signature event stages this celebration of the roots of the Santa Claus legend, as the Roman Catholic bishop from Spain would travel Europe every year, riding on a white horse. He and his helpers, the Piets, would visit children in need, and would arrive in the Netherlands via land or sea in early December.
On December 2nd at the Heeringa Holland Civic Center Place, youngsters can pick up lanterns at 6 PM, with Sinterklaas arriving by 6:30 PM for a procession to the Kerstmarkt in the 8th Street Marketplace. He will be available for photos in the warming hut from 7 PM to 8 PM.
The event is free to all families.
