To start let's see where these two bearded folks come from: Santa, as we know, comes from the cold, snowy North. And Sinterklaas? This dude comes from... Spain! Can you imagine? And, fyi, they are dressed the same with the difference that Santa has to wear all those clothes even at his place, while Sinterklaas just put his gear on top of his speedos as soon as he's in sight of Holland on his boat.

Boat? You bet it! While Santa struggles with raindeers and no fly zones, our Sint takes his cruise-yacht to reach the dutch shores, joined by the "Zwarte Piets" (Black Peters), young folks dressed as the Pope's swiss guards. What's their role? They do most of the job, go through the chimney (that's why they are black, no discrimination here), buy the presents, deliver candies, entertain kids. Practically Sint just put the signature on top of this, he's the boss.

But to make the atmosphere a bit warmer an animal has been introduced in Sint's mythology: a horse! A spanish horse exactly. I've been told he's not seasick and he actually enjoy the cruise while drinking his Martinis to get ready for all the carrots children will offer in their shoes in exchange for a present.

The revenge of Santa Claus, however, is that he gets to travel all around the world while Sint is stuck here in rainy holland for three weeks,

In any case, if you're a kid and you live in The Netherland, you're a lucky boy.