When Sinterklaas Came to Town
Posted in Once I Was a Kansas Girl and tagged with Food, Holidays, Humor, Roommate on September 19, 2008During a special time of year, a girl was excited for the hopes of what she would soon find. On that night, little Ronnica put her shoes outside her door in hopes that Sinterklaas would soon be here.
As hoped, soon after placing her shoes out, little Ronnica found a couple little treats. “Look, someone’s been here!”
Upon further inspection, little Ronnica’s smile turned into a frown. “What exactly did Sinterklaas leave me?” she whispered, as she took a closer look.
“Is that pitted dates?” she inquired with disgust. “And…and…ORGANIC half and half? Blech! I vow to be a better girl next year!”
Apologies to the Dutch and their traditions. I have nothing but respect for them. Thanks to my roomie for helping me put this together. You didn’t REALLY think that I had dates and organic products on hand, did you?
The real story: I put my shoes outside my room in case my roommate wanted to wear them in the morning before I was awake.
September 19th, 2008 at 9:04 am
How funny, cute!
September 19th, 2008 at 9:12 am
WOW…what a nice roommate you are! Letting someone borrow your shoes.
Cute shoes, btw. Can I borrow them? ;-)
September 19th, 2008 at 4:10 pm
What size shoes? I’d like to borrow them, too.
LOL
Very cute story!
September 19th, 2008 at 4:33 pm
That’s so nice to let her borrow your shoes if she needs them! Cute story!
September 19th, 2008 at 4:51 pm
Funny! What a cute post! Mexicans have a similar tradition for 3 Kings Day. Our Spanish classes at the high school do it every year. One year, one of the English teachers went down the row of student shoes and stole one shoe from each pair and held them for ransom!
September 19th, 2008 at 5:02 pm
What a nice roomie you are. Not so sure I’d let someone borrow my shoes. Oh and I don’t like dates either !
September 19th, 2008 at 8:19 pm
I'm with ya on the dates! And I don't use half & half so wouldn't know. Funny tho!
God bless,
Brenda :)
September 19th, 2008 at 8:19 pm
I'm with ya on the dates! And I don't use half & half so wouldn't know. Funny tho!
God bless,
Brenda :)
September 19th, 2008 at 9:00 pm
That Sinterklaas is a fickle dude. Very funny!
September 20th, 2008 at 9:40 am
Your story reminded me of my roommate in college. She is Catholic and our first year of college her mom told me about Saint Nicholas Day and brought us gifts. I talked E into putting our shoes outside the door and filled them with the treats her mom left. Unfortunately, the last 3 years of college, we wouldn’t leave our shoes outside, we would just dig into the “goodies” from the box. :) Thanks for sharing your story with us!!! :)