Yesterday, the program showed that dozens of mayors break into the broadcast to report that Sinterklaas is also welcome in their municipality and that young viewers can send drawings. A number of well-known mayors made themselves heard.
Video message
Femke Halsema, the mayor of Amsterdam, did not have time for it yet, but still comes with a video message. According to a spokesperson for the broadcaster, the ten remaining mayors will not participate ‘for various reasons’. These are the mayors of Aalten, Eijsden-Margraten, Heerde, Lelystad, Purmerend, Putten, Sint Anthonis, Steenbergen, Terschelling and Zoeterwoude.
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On the site of the Sinterklaasjournaal, children who submit a drawing get to see a thank you video from their own mayor. Children from the municipalities who do not participate, receive a message from ‘the main official of side issues’, a role played by Ronald Snijders.
Ambassador to Belgium
Not only the mayors have a role to play around the Sinterklaas celebration. The Dutch ambassador in Belgium, Pieter Jan Kleiweg de Zwaan, is also committed to helping the saintly man this year. About 80,000 Dutch children live in Belgium. As ambassador of the Netherlands, he already received a wish list from two of them. “I too will make sure they get to the Saint!”, He writes on Twitter.
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