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Sinterklaas
Sinterklaas [sɪntər'klaːs] is a traditional winter holiday figure still celebrated today in the Low Countries, including the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg, as well as some parts of Germany, French Flanders, Lorraine and Artois. He is also well known in territories of the former Dutch Empire, including Aruba, Suriname, Curaçao, Bonaire, and Indonesia. He is one of the sources of the holiday figure of Santa Claus in North America. Although he is usually referred to as Sinterklaas, he is also known as De Goedheiligman, Sint Nicolaas [sɪnt 'nikolaːs] [ ] or simply as De Sint. He is celebrated annually on Saint Nicholas' eve in the Netherlands and on the morning of 6 December in the other countries. Originally, the feast celebrates the name day of Saint Nicholas – patron saint of children, sailors, philatelists, and the city of Amsterdam, among others. Sint Nicholas being a bishop and this geographical spread make clear that the feast in this form has a Roman Catholic background, although the papacy has never officially recognized his existence.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Sinterklaas in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Sinterklaas in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
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