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  2. Dutch Wonderland - Wikipedia

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    Dutch Wonderland Entrance at normal state in 2012. Dutch Wonderland is a 48-acre (19 ha) theme park just east of Lancaster, Pennsylvania in East Lampeter Township, appealing primarily to families with small children. The park's theme is a "Kingdom for Kids."

  3. Sinterklaas - Wikipedia

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    They converse in Dutch and sing a Sinterklaas song while she sits on his lap. [61] Santa Claus is portrayed as Sinterklaas in the 1985 film One Magic Christmas: he and his wife have Dutch accents, and she calls him Nicolaas. [62] In lieu of elves, his helpers are "Christmas angels" who are deceased people of all nationalities. [62]

  4. Zwarte Piet - Wikipedia

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    A person in a traditional Zwarte Piet costume A person in a modernized Sooty Pete costume. Zwarte Piet (Dutch: [ˈzʋɑrtə ˈpit]; Luxembourgish: Schwaarze Péiter; West Frisian: Swarte Pyt; Indonesian: Pit Hitam), also known in English by the translated name Black Pete, is the companion of Saint Nicholas (Dutch: Sinterklaas; French: Saint-Nicolas; West Frisian: Sinteklaas; Luxembourgish ...

  5. 16 Thrilling Halloween Celebrations at America's Top Theme Parks

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    Happy Hauntings at Dutch Wonderland Lancaster, Pennsylvania There’ll be no nightmares after this family-friendly event , offering corn mazes, dancing, scavenger hunts, a costume parade, diving ...

  6. Dutch festivities - Wikipedia

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    The feast celebrates the name day of Saint Nicholas, patron saint of, among other things, children, who are the principal focus of the feast. They receive presents, candy and poems. The origins of Saint Nicholas appear to be Christian, but in fact originate from ancient Germanic mythology, with Dutch figure of Sinterklaas representing the god ...

  7. What is St. Nicholas Day? How the German and Dutch holiday ...

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    Dec. 4, 2022; Columbus, Ohio, USA; Shoes are set out in the hopes of them being filled with sweets for St. Nicholas Day during the Ohio History Connection's annual Dickens of a Christmas event ...

  8. These Are the 11 Best Christmas Markets in America - AOL

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    2. Peoples Gas Holiday Market in Pittsburgh. Dates: Nov. 22, 2024 to Dec. 24, 2024 The 13th annual Peoples Gas Holiday Market in Downtown Pittsburgh takes place every day leading up to Christmas ...

  9. Midwinter horn - Wikipedia

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    Playing a midwinter horn in the County of Bentheim. The midwinter horn, in Dutch midwinterhoorn and in various dialects of Low German Middewinterhorn, Mittewinterhorn, Mirrewinterhorn, Midwinterhorn and Mittwinterhorn, also known as the dewertshorn and adventshorn (Advent horn), is a wooden natural trumpet traditionally blown at the Christmas season in areas of the Netherlands and nearby parts ...