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November 21, 2013 03:29 pm PST
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Christmas in the Netherlands: a Canadian meets ZwartePiet
Lianne Bergeron meets the Black Petes, the Netherlands' equivalent to Santa's elves. Innocent or otherwise, the tradition's defenders can't mask its unsettling associations--or the fact that its once-local context has gone global.Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/m0OSRShOe7I/story01.htm
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