Thanks for reblogging my post! In the Netherlands children will “schoenen zetten” put their shoes next to the fire place, door or window the weeks before “pakjesavond”, when Sinterklaas will come and bring presents (and it will be the 5th of December, not the 6th like in Germany, Switzerland etc.)
Dutch children will also receive bigger presents.
When I grew up, we only got some “Lebkuchen”, cookies and candy. It’s interesting that in many countries people don’t celebrate St Nicholas but Santa Claus, which is actually the modern figure of St Nicholas and is celebrated only since the 19th century (his tradition is traced to the 1820s), and think that celebrating St Nicholas on the 6th is not “right”…