@Vercalos That's another one, but that story actually surfaced later, and is ironically one of the more racist interpretations in origin. In 1947 an author suggested Zwarte Piet represented the devil, stained black by the soot of hell, who was chained by the Saint Nicolaas and forced to spread joy instead of misery for a brief time.
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@Vercalos That's another one, but that story actually surfaced later, and is ironically one of the more racist interpretations in origin. In 1947 an author suggested Zwarte Piet represented the devil, stained black by the soot of hell, who was chained by the Saint Nicolaas and forced to spread joy instead of misery for a brief time.