Added to
Favorites
Dictionary
Thesaurus
Word Dynamo
Quotes
Reference
Translator
Spanish
Log In
Sign Up
Premium
Introducing a cool
new way to learn!
Related Searches
Noel st nicholas chr...
Black peter
Saint nicholas
Santa clause
Zwarte piet
Christmas in holland
Christmas in the net...
Holland christmas tr...
Dutch christmas trad...
Peg leg pete
Father christmas
Sinter klass
Definitions
Black_Pete
Black_Pete
Ads
St Nicholas And
Black
Peter
www.replacements.com/
360,000 Patterns in China,Crystal & Silver. Some Over 100 Years Old!
Dictionary.com's Mobile Apps
www.dictionary.com/mobile
Ad-Free, Offline Content, Audio Pronunciation and More! Take Millions of Words With You Everywhere. Download Now!
Black Pete
Black Pete
could refer to one of the following characters in fiction:
Zwarte Piet
, a character in Dutch folklore and companion of
Sinterklaas
.
Pete
, a
Disney
character and arch-nemesis of
Mickey Mouse
.
Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia © 2001-2006
Wikipedia contributors
(
Disclaimer
)
This article is licensed under the
GNU Free Documentation License
.
Last updated on Tuesday May 06, 2008 at 15:03:42 PDT (GMT -0700)
View this article at Wikipedia.org
-
Edit this article at Wikipedia.org
-
Donate to the Wikimedia Foundation
Related Articles
Criticism of Dutch "Black Pete" tradition grows
Dec 04, 2012;
AMSTERDAM (AP) — Foreigners visiting the Netherlands in winter are often surprised to see that the Dutch version of St. Nicholas'...
Read more with a free trial on HighBeam.com »
Criticism of 'Black Pete' Growing -- More Dutch See Traditional St. Nick Helper as Racist
Dec 05, 2012;
AMSTERDAM Foreigners visiting the Netherlands in winter are often surprised to see that the Dutch version of St. Nicholas'...
Read more with a free trial on HighBeam.com »
An Irishman's Diary
Dec 21, 2012;
In Dutch Christmas tradition, they don't just have the usual Santa Claus. Sharing lead role in the annual toy-giving operation is...
Read more with a free trial on HighBeam.com »
ST. NICHOLAS RECEIVING COLD SHOULDER IN NETHERLANDS.(NEWS)
Dec 15, 1996;
Byline: Marlise Simons The New York Times A cluster of small children was serenading St. Nicholas, the European ancestor of Santa...
Read more with a free trial on HighBeam.com »
Writer far from truth about 'real' Santa and Pete
Dec 29, 1998;
Philadelphia Tribune, The 12-29-1998 Writer far from truth about `real' Santa and PeteThe recently published Christmas book,...
Read more with a free trial on HighBeam.com »
HighBeam Research, Inc. © Copyright 2009.
Search
another word
or see
Black_Pete
on
Dictionary
|
Thesaurus
|
Spanish
»
Confusing Words
»
School gear
»
Style guide
»
Literary terms
Style guide
Confusing words
Word of the Day
Free tools
Blog
Games
Partners:
Word
Bloglines
Citysearch
The Daily Beast
Ask Answers
Ask Kids
Life123
Sendori
Home Advisor
Copyright ©
2013 Dictionary.com, LLC
. All rights reserved.
About
PRIVACY POLICY
Terms
API
Careers
Advertise with Us
Contact Us
Suggest a Word
Help
Please
Login
or
Sign Up
to use the Favorites feature
Please
Login
or
Sign Up
to use the Recent Searches feature
FAVORITES
RECENT