Selling our own history is a bad idea, say critics. “It is our foundation in which our Christian roots are,” responds tradition expert Ineke Strouken to removing the names of Christian holidays from the calendar of the Hogeschool Utrecht. Plopsaland De Panne also announced on Tuesday that Santa Claus and Sinterklaas will disappear from the park. Christmas, Easter, Ascension; They are renamed the neutral word ‘holiday’. “I have great difficulty with that.”
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Christian traditions under pressure: “But why should we deny our own culture?”
Bytaketonews
Sep 23, 2025