The Martin WooHoodStock Thread

[Jumble]

Thanks for the interview Jasmina GO MARTIN!!!

[josiane]

HAPPY SINTERKLAAS!!!

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[Achaja]

I like your smilies Jumble!
Happy Sinterklaas!In Poland it's called Mikolajki
Wonder if Martin is preparing to Christmas What do we know about his family, has he got wife and kids?

[Jumble]

Wife and two daughters I'll bet they'll just love having their gorgeous Daddy home for the holidays

*iz jealous of all the hugs*

[SamJackShipLover]

Oh lolol, I just have to post after all the Sinterklaas wishes and the Martin Wood Sinterklaas song I'm watching Sinterklaas at Paul de Leeuw now ... I love Sinterklaas, am celebrating tomorrow.

[Jumble]

Happy Sinterklass SamJackShipLover, hope you have a wonderful day tomorrow

[RodneyIsGodney]

Eh, Sinterklaas?

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People in the Netherlands celebrate Sinterklaas (Santa Claus) on December 5th
That's when they get all their presents. We have to wait until the 25th

[RodneyIsGodney]

People in the Netherlands celebrate Sinterklaas (Santa Claus) on December 5th
That's when they get all their presents. We have to wait until the 25th

I thought it had to do with Christmas! Thanks for making me a little less dense today.

[Jumble]

You're welcome

And while I'm here....................

[Achaja]

Wife and two daughters I'll bet they'll just love having their gorgeous Daddy home for the holidays

*iz jealous of all the hugs*

Ohh! That's nice Haha I imagine their family videos- must look perfect Martin's a very good director after all

(a bottle imitating space ship)

[Jumble]

Probably not, you know what they say about busmen's holidays

Edit: Imitating a spaceship? Hmmmm. I can think of another analogy

[DutchIndeed]

People in the Netherlands celebrate Sinterklaas (Santa Claus) on December 5th
That's when they get all their presents. We have to wait until the 25th

I thought it had to do with Christmas! Thanks for making me a little less dense today.

Actually...

It has nothing to do with Christmas! No! Sinterklaas and Santa Clause are quite the... opponants.
See... Yes, Santa is a... spin off from Sinterklaas. (Ok, it's the same guy) but over time it started to be two different feasts.

Sinterklaas (the way Dutchies celebrate) is a saint who, amongst other things, protects children. Therefore we celebrate his birthday, the day before the date of his death (due to the fact that it has been a childrens holiday ). Eventhough it started off as a religious thing, it's no longer that way. It now is more of a Old Dutch celebration. We mainly celebrate by buying presents, making surprises and writing poetry.

Christmas is the baby Jesus thing with the lights and big decorations. That we celebrate like most other Western countries do. Most with the more expensive presents and stuff. And an official Second Christmas day

Point is... Sinterklaas and Christmas are totally different things, even if the origins are pretty much the same. We have both holidays, but both have a meaning of their own.

...Yes, some Dutchies are quite fanatic about seperating our Sint from our Santa. Sorry

And eh... Yay Martin!

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Aw, sorry I got it wrong I read Sinterlkaas as Santa Claus (you have to admit they do sound the same ) So you get to do Christmas twice, sort of? Two lots of presents? Hmmm...I like the sound of that

Is it only the Dutch that do that? Or other countries as well? It's interesting how different cultures' celebrations differ. It's like the US celebrating Thanksgiving....I think they're the only ones that do that (but of course, I could have got that wrong as well )

Either way, I think we should start a new tradition and celebrate Martin Wood day (just wish we knew when his birthday was, that would at least give us a date to work on ) If we don't get an answer from Joe, I vote we pick a day and just celebrate the heck out it in Martin's name