SINTERKLAAS!

The title must be impossible to pronounce for those of you who aren't from The Netherlands. We COULD call it Saint Nicolas but that just sounds lame in my opinion haha.
So today it's finally Sinterklaas! Yessss! This morning when I woke up the first thing I thought of was the long and boring day at school dat was ahead of me. At school we also "celebrate" Sinterklaas, but every year it's the same. The school band performs a couple of songs, a teacher dresses up as Sinterklaas, and one class at the time is called to the first floor, where we celebrate it. Other people at school have the opportunity to write your name down on a paper and hand it in anonymously to the 'helpers' of Sinterklaas. And when you're in the middle of singing a song for Sinterklaas and sitting awkwardly in the canteen at the first floor, they will call your name and you have to stap forward and sit on Sinterklaas' lap. How embarrassing! And than he will talk to you for a moment and everyone will laugh at you, and when it's finally over you'll get some candy and thats it! That's how we celebrate Sinterklaas at our school.
But unexpectedly I had two extra free periods, since my teacher was dressing up as Sinterklaas, so I talked to my other teacher if I could PLEAAASE do Greek (the last subject I had) another time. And she said yes! So first of all I was at home 2 hours earlier and second I didn't have to go to Sinterklaas (AKA my teacher). Party hard!

This afternoon and evening we celebrated at my granparents' house and it was amazing. Just very cozy and we had a great time, and I got some lovely presents. I'll post pictures of my gifts later this week, in a seperate blog post. We also ate there and as dessert we had an ice cream, yum (:
After that I had to hurry to be at my piano lessons on time, and when I came home the living room was covered in wrapping paper. What happened? Well, my family had celebrated Sinterklaas without me! But I get my parent's point, my brother and sister had to go to bed, so when I came back I unwrapped my presents, together with my other sister. I got some very nice presents from my parents. So today I am very grateful for my family, my parents, my grandparents, and for the presents I got. I don't think it's about the presents, it's actually about having a good time with your relatives, and I certainly had a great time today.

Now that Sinterklaas is (unfortunately) over, and the delish candy that is in stores around Sinterklaas time is gone, it's time to focus on my exam week and after that CHRISTMAS! I'm really looking forward to it, but first I'm gonna enjoy my presents and enjoy the Sinterklaas atmoshpere that is still around. After that I will start decorating my christmas tree. I bought some nice ornaments and I have a great idea for the tree, so hopefully that works out well.

Days left til Christmas: 20