That everyone celebrates the Sinterklaas party celebrates in his or her own way is now clear. Fortunately, only grown-ups care about the way we should celebrate Sinterklaas. Children love nothing more than to make a wish list and for them it remains one big party. A party that starts as soon as the toy books fall on the mat in mid-September. Because then you can create a wish list make – one of the most important documents in a child's life! We are especially curious about how that works for you, and that everyone has their own methods for it, that has become clear to us.
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Many of the parents would like to see a wish list done offline with cutting and pasting. One lets go of his children, the other sets rules. You can read below how it all goes in the park. And what's on the wish list this year?
If you want to make your wish list online, there are several options, we have written another blog about that.
Enjoy all the wish lists 😉 .
As soon as I discovered myself that the role of Sinterklaas was fulfilled by my own parents, I drew one conclusion. "Now I can finally ask for big gifts Mom!" Out of pity for that poor old man who had to provide very youthful Netherlands with packages, I had always held back a bit when making my wish list. Now that I knew it was 'just' my parents who filled the burlap sack, that would soon change! How are your kids doing? Do they fill up A4 pages when they make a wish list, or do they limit their wish list to just a few wishes?
And how do you actually deal with it yourself? Do your kids have to follow certain rules when making their wish list? Or do you just let them have their way? And if they want to put their shoes on? In response to the photo Joyce posted on Facebook about her daughter's wish list, a lot of pictures about wish lists came back. As it turned out… Lotte's wasn't even that special;).
Not only children and lists differ, but mothers too of course! From your reactions, we understand that some of you don't impose any rules on your child, but just let them have their way when they make their wish list. With pencil and colours, or by tearing the desired pictures from the Intertoys book. Is there a wish list as thick as the Bible? No problem!
In any case, with Mieke's son, there was no end to his creativity when making his wish list (and his wishes).
As long as they realize it's a desire no get list is, one of you pointed out. Other mothers are a bit stricter and give their child a fixed number of leaves. No more blank paper left, so no more wishes 😉 . Although your kids showed that they are very creative with that too!
After making the wish list, Fleur's daughter thought that she might have to clarify her wish list a bit for Sinterklaas, see below.
You can also put the shoe in many ways. Can your child put on his or her shoe every day? And are Sinterklaas also putting larger gifts in there?
Beware:We were told by a reader that her children were not allowed to put on the shoe every day, and started to wonder why other children were allowed to. Were they not nice enough sometimes?
Children quickly tend to compare themselves and their Sinterklaas presents with others. As with making the wish list, this is of course unnecessary.
Tip:A solution could be that you let your kids put their shoes on every day, but that there is simply not always something in them. Sinterklaas visits so many children that he cannot visit you every night, can he?
You might have an extra chance if you put a nice drawing or a carrot for the horse in it. Moreover, the shoe does not have to be filled with presents. Switch it up with a tangerine. Or make a 'horse fig' from gingerbread and water and place it next to the shoe. No gift, but horse poop; that will be discussed for a long time to come!
Tip:Does Sint not think it is good if the shoe is put on every day? Then make a beautiful calendar together with your child or download one 😉 on which he or she can clearly see when it is time to put on the shoe again.
Some children seem to have been so sweet that they get a lot of presents from Santa. And great gifts too. Nice for them, but your child might be pouting.
Make it clear to your child that bigger not always more fun means. You don't even have to talk about the prices, because that doesn't tell your child much yet. If your child is still worried during the comparison, we have another good tip from a reader.
Reader tip:Tell your children that Sinterklaas spends the same amount on all children, but that some parents add a little more. Indicate that some parents simply have more to spend than others, and therefore help Santa a little. But your child just got a really nice birthday present, didn't he? So nothing to complain about!
As you can see, most younger children are still very much into offline wish lists. If you don't want to do that, don't worry, because you can of course also create wish lists online. Are some people still strongly against it… nowadays it is used more and more. There are several websites for creating wish lists. These are indeed websites where you really only keep a list, which you can then email to the person you would like to inform.
But at online stores you can often simply put together a wish list online. Very handy of course, as long as you don't shop at 10 different stores.
