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Fashioned the Las Vegas of South America, owing to its very happening nightlife,
Suriname in the northern coast of South America, is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean
in the North and has a rich reserve of the Savannah forests. Having a major Christian population, Christmas
is a major festival in this country. 123Christians offers information on Christmas in Suriname. | |
Christmas begins early. Children put out cookies and milk for Geode Pa (Dearest Daddy) and his servants who would be delivering gifts throughout the country. Geode Pa is a Black man with Black servants. They leave the children’s presents next to their shoes on the morning of December 6th, with poems attached to the gifts. Before 1975, when Suriname was colony, Christmas traditions were the identical to those in the Netherlands. St. Nicholas (or Sinterklaas), an elderly white man, arrived by ship on December 5th, the eve of his birthday on a white horse and a retinue of Black servants. Children left hay and carrots in their shoes for St. Nicholas’ horse.
Surinamese celebrate Christmas Day and December 26th, the Tweede Kerstdag, with parties, gifts, and ethnic Christmas dishes. The two days are national holidays. Families attend church on Christmas Eve or Christmas morning. After that, they enjoy opening gifts at home and friends visit and share the season’s goodies throughout the day well into the next. Capture the gratification of the fiesta with 123Christians.
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