hey admins, what about with this one as a new homepage welcome picture?
it would fit perfectly IMHO



Gustl

Bada Bing!

YES YES YES I think thats the one

I vote for one with Black Pete sitting in a 914.


She can be later on this month

QUOTE (Bleyseng @ Dec 4 2005, 04:07 PM)

I vote for one with Black Pete sitting in a 914.

who is "Black Pete"

"Zwarte Pete" is Sinterklaus's helper.He takes bad lil' children and puts them in his sack to take who Knows where!-Dec 5/6 is when presents were traditionally handed out in Holland.Dec 25 was strictly religious.Dutch background sneaking thru!

The Dutch celebrate Santa Claus on Dec 5th. His helper is Black Pete who comes down the chimmey to deliver chocolate letters to the kids. If you are a bad kid he takes you to Spain, which doesn't sound so bad this time of year.
I think Yaroom gets dressed up like this every year for Zoey!
We celebrate it as Monique is Dutch.

I googled this:


The Santa Claus story and Black Pete (Zwaarte Piet)

This is a little explanation as to why there is a character called Black Pete in the Amazon Miniatures Santa Claws Gang pack. In fact Black Pete is specifically a Dutch Christmas character and he is one of Santa's helpers. Paul of Amazon Miniatures is half Dutch and so had the benefit of celebrating (and getting presents) from Sinta Claas on the evening of the 5th December and from Father Christmas on the 25th.

According to the Dutch version of the legend, Sinter Claas arrives simultaneously in every city in the Netherlands bearing gifts for well-behaved children. He is always accompanied by Zwarte Piet, or "Black Pete". In various versions of the Sinter Claas story, Black Pete is depicted as male or female, of normal stature or as a black dwarf.

Zwarte Piet always wear colourful and jovial costumes. They are adorned with gold earrings and hats with feathers and are generally considered simple and full of beans characters. Their role is to assist Sinter Claas by performing various holiday tasks, like delivering presents down chimneys and recording names of naughty and nice children in Sinter Claas' book of names.

While Santa Claus leaves chocolate and sweets in the shoes of children, if the children have been naughty then Black Pete takes the nice presents and replaces it with lumps of coal. The child who is really naughty is threatened with being placed in Black Pete's sack and taken back to Spain - surely a throwback to the Catholic wars with Spain.

Despite his colourful image, Zwarte Piet is a very controversial character in the Netherlands. He is called Black Pete because of his dark colouring, and while some attribute his skin colour to the soot from the chimneys he slides down, others criticise the character for being an old-fashioned stereotype and racist symbol. In fact the original legend has St Nicolas travelling to Spain where he meets and befriends a moor by the name of Peter who accompanies him on his travels through Europe.

I still get the chocolate letter with my initial on it - I must've been a good boy? Thanks for sharing the story-as u can see mine was kinda rusty-just like my teener!

thanks for explanation

I guess it's the guy we call "Krampus", who visits the houses with "Nikolaus" on the evening of the 5th

Sinterklaas with Black Pete in the background

here's Zoey with Sinterklaas and Zwarte Piet (pic was taken yesterday)
Tomorrow, he will apear at her school and we'll have presents tomorrow night
The exitement is killing her... Loads a fun!

QUOTE (Gustl @ Dec 4 2005, 01:35 AM)

it would fit perfectly IMHO

oh yes!

Post Jeroen's pic for a few days and then Gustl's.

Tom

How about a new photo everyday?

Nice photo Gustl! Good 914 content. Is that snow or white sand? Miss Santa doesn't look cold.

just to clarifiy - it's not my pic
I just found in in another thread, but I really love it

pic is from the calendar thread...

QUOTE (Jeroen @ Dec 5 2005, 06:15 PM)

pic is from the calendar thread...

so, are you gonna put it on the front page or what ???

Andy

I'll pm the owner of the pick for permission first...

Santa Claus and Black Pete are all well and good, but Ms Manitoba here is in a league of her own.
I vote for her picture, and I stuff 25 additional votes in the box.

Michel Richard

QUOTE (Gustl @ Dec 4 2005, 12:35 AM)

here

A beautiful girl but I still wanted to see the 914.

QUOTE (Gustl @ Dec 4 2005, 03:35 AM)

hey admins, what about with this one as a new homepage welcome picture?

I say we organize a general strike if this picture is not installed as the welcome page.

Of course, I don't see any cars there. Just a pretty girl in the snow...

Zach

I like the dark picture better

I pm-ed the owner of the pic (#1rage)
as soon as I get his OK, the pic will be launched

Fine with me as she is much better looking than Black Pete. Besides I got my chocolate letter already.....

The pic is up there, so enjoy

QUOTE (Jeroen @ Dec 6 2005, 06:48 PM)

The pic is up there, so enjoy

well, thank you sir!

Andy

QUOTE (Jeroen @ Dec 6 2005, 08:48 PM)

The pic is up there, so enjoy

Whew! Strike averted!

Zach

So who is the girl??? Whats her story?

QUOTE (Bleyseng @ Dec 6 2005, 09:56 PM)

So who is the girl??? Whats her story?

well, obviously, she's "Miss Santa" ...

i waited all night in front of the chimney, but she didn't show up ...
Andy

QUOTE (SirAndy @ Dec 6 2005, 09:20 PM)

well, obviously, she's "Miss Santa" ... i waited all night in front of the chimney, but she didn't show up ... Andy

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i waited all night in front of the chimney, but she didn't show up ... Andy

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