BLACK PETER


Meaning of BLACK PETER in English

[Folklore] It is said that during the Middle Ages, the people in Holland referred to the devil as Black Peter (Dutch: Zwarte Piet). He was put in chains by Saint Nicholas, and made his slave. On Saint Nicholas' Eve (December 4), the saint had Black Peter drop candy and gifts down chimneys into the shoes children had placed there.

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