2013 Blackface Christmas holiday concludes again the Netherlands The annual feast of St. Nicholas Eve is celebrated on December 5 (Sinterklaasavond) in the Netherlands and on December 6 in Belgium. The Dutch Sinterklaas travels by steamboat instead of sleigh and from Spain. Instead of elves, he has characters played by white people in blackface known … Continue reading 2013 Blackface Christmas gift giving season concludes again in the Netherlands