[Opinion] GeenStijl: WHAT. Bijenkorf Replaces Petes with BEARS

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We don't want to bring up the 1948 UN Genocide Convention everywhere, but we do have an opinion on this. De Bijenkorf has replaced the traditional 'climbing Petes' with BEARS. For over 50 years, visitors to the department store were greeted by the cheerfully climbing helpers of Saint Nicholas; in 2015, they were already replaced by a sort of golden abomination, and now the shopping public is confronted with these striding predators. A small cons…

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After 63 years, no more climbing Sinterklaas helpers in the Bijenkorf: department store replaces them with bears.

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Since last week, it is no longer Petes, but bears in Pete costumes climbing up ropes in the Bijenkorf. For 63 years, the famous...