An urgent correction on the factual errors in my Sinterklaas exposé on the important subject of the

[khakidoggy]

The name ‘Amerigo’ is quite recent, as it was the name of the police-horse ridden by Bram van der Vlugt, who portrayed the official Sinterklaas throughout my conscious lifetime. Amerigo carried the Sint during the second half of van der Vlugt’s twenty-year tenure. This period coincides with the saturation of Western culture with instant broadcast

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[khakidoggy]

And one more thing: in Flanders (dutch-speaking Belgium), where Sinterklaas is also celebrated, his dapple is called Slecht Weer Vandaag. This is from an old joke where Sinterklaas asks a Piet what the horse is called, but the Piet mis-hears and, embarrassed to ask the goodholyman to repeat himself, answers "Terrible weather today, Sinterklaas."

[rattuskid]

I still don't get why two continents are named after some guy's first name. I mean, apart from the fact Vespuccia sounds like a lady-parts disease.