The very first national arrival in Brabant nearly proved fatal for Sinterklaas over 50 years ago. For after his glorious entry into the harbor of Willemstad, his white horse turned out to be less reliable than expected. The moment the good saint rode into the town, all the ships sounded their horns at full volume. The horse was scared out of its wits and galloped away in blind panic with the saint on its back. It was a mad scramble on the dike a…
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The very first national arrival in Brabant nearly proved fatal for Sinterklaas over 50 years ago. For after his glorious entry into the harbor of Willemstad, his white horse turned out to be less reliable than expected. The moment the good saint rode into the town, all the ships sounded their horns at full volume. The horse was scared out of its wits and galloped away in blind panic with the saint on its back. It was a mad scramble on the dike a…