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Wednesday, December 7, 2011

{Chocolate & Silver Alphabet Letters for Saint Nicholas}

Back in my birth country, Sinterklaas was celebrated again on December 6. This custom has been brought to the New World by the Dutch and continued here as Saint Nicholas before it morphed into Santa Claus. For more history on Saint Nicholas you can look The Origin of Santa Claus. One of the nice customs that come from the Dutch Sinterklaas is the giving of chocolate letters from Vander Veen's The Dutch Store. Click on the fore mentioned hyperlink as they are available in the US too. The availability is only around December. In Canada you also can get them  at The Dutch Market. 
For another Alphabet Letter in pure 925/000 silver from Giovanni Raspini Charms & Co Italy, you can look here at Giovanni Raspini. Available at Spectrenoir ←click it. 
At least we did have a wonderful Sinterklaas, together with our daughter Liz.
Chocolate letters are fond childhood memories...
What do you like; milk or dark chocolate?

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10 comments:

  1. ClaudiaDecember 7, 2011 at 1:03 AM

    Dearest Mariette,

    those chocoltae letters look so Yummi :O)
    anad thoise silver charms Letters are georgeous!

    Have a lovely day!
    Sending love and hugs
    Claudia

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  2. It's meDecember 7, 2011 at 3:44 AM

    Wit.......niet teveel he???..liefs van mij...xxx...

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  3. Elisabeth PalzkillDecember 7, 2011 at 11:52 AM

    Liebe Mariette,

    herzliche Adventsgrüße

    Elisabeth

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  4. Tammy@T's Daily TreasuresDecember 7, 2011 at 1:26 PM

    Dark chocolate for me. I haven't seen those chocolate letters and had not heard of this tradition. So interesting. Another blogger mentioned it being Saint Nicholas Day -- something else I'd not heard of before. Glad you had a lovely visit with Liz. Best wishes, Tammy

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  5. AnonymousDecember 7, 2011 at 5:05 PM

    Hei Mariette,

    Hadden jullie ook een beetje sinterklaas gevierd?
    Wij hadden 4 verschillend smaken letters gekregen. Puur, melk, witte en met nootje voor ieder iets erbij. Ook hadden we een banketstaaf en gevulde speculaas gekregen. Ze hadden ons dus goed vewend vanuit Nederland.

    O,ja zelf heb ik het liefst Noorse chocolade met zoute amandelen erin. Maar niet te veel want ik ben geen chocolade eter...

    Ik wens jullie nog een fijne adventstijd!
    Sandy

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  6. Modern Country LadyDecember 7, 2011 at 5:48 PM

    mmmmmm chocoladeletters !! Voor mij graag een grote B van melkchocola :-)
    XXX
    Bea

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  7. highheeledlifeDecember 7, 2011 at 8:50 PM

    What a wonderful way to celebrate!! And so happy that Liz is there to participate in this tradition. Happy Sinterklaas Day my friend! xo HHL

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  8. Savannah GrannyDecember 8, 2011 at 12:08 AM

    Dearest Mariette,
    I am so glad you have such wonderful memories with Liz, this past week.
    Thank you for sharing the beautiful traditions of your homeland.
    I love dark chocolate best.
    xoxo, Ginger

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  9. CatherineDecember 8, 2011 at 7:08 PM

    Oh yum! Chocolate alphabet. I would like to spell a really long word and then eat it. :)
    xo Catherine

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  10. Facts and FairytalesDecember 9, 2011 at 3:21 AM

    Wij hebben dit jaar niet 1 chocoladeletter gehad haha en er is ook maar 1 x een zakje truffelpepernoten in huis geweest, wel hebben we een paar keer bij de koffie een stukje banketstaaf gehad, maar ja, dat hoort niet alleen bij Sinterklaas maar de hele wintermaand.

    lieve groet uit een stormachtig Groningen
    Brigitta

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Mariette...