there are stories<\/a> about him. Rhinebeck’s festival that bears his name “honors our Dutch heritage by\u00a0re-creating a celebration that the Dutch settlers brought to Rhinebeck over 300 years ago,” according to the event website. It continues:<\/p>\n“Mounted on a white steed, a town resident dressed up as Sinterklaas (elegantly garbed in a bishop\u2019s tall hat, red cape,\u00a0shiny ring, and jeweled staff) rode through town knocking on doors late at night. He was accompanied the Grumpus. Also known as Black Peter, the Grumpus \u2014 a wild looking half-man, half-beast. To good children \u2014 Sinterklaas and the Grumpus delivered a bag of goodies.” <\/em><\/p>\nThe naughty kids, however, were threatened with kidnapping by Grumpus, and the only slightly naughty kids got a switch to the behind.\u00a0 The Dutch Sinterklaas parade takes place every December 6 in Holland, but no worries if you can’t swing the plane ticket. Visit the village of Rhinbeck, instead, for a celebration packed with parades, musical performances, puppet shows, stilt-walkers, jesters, Dutch treats, story readings, and oh so much more. Seriously, there are tons<\/em> of things happening starting at noon with the opening ceremony and ending with the Children’s Star Ceremony at 6:30pm followed by a Hoe Down at the town hall at 7:30. Better make your plans to go to this holiday event, lest your risk Grumpus’ switch. Oh, and the whole thing is free and happens in rain or shine. More on the schedule here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"No, our Spellcheck isn’t the fritz. “Sinterklaas” is Nicholas Sinterklaas (known to his pals as Old St. Nick), a 4th century bishop from Asia Minor who is mostly an unknown character in history. And just like any good gift-wielding superhero, there are stories about him. Rhinebeck’s festival that bears his name “honors our Dutch heritage […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":33191,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1150,25,846,795,102],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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