Comments on: Ask an Expat: Holiday Store Decorations in Den Haag, Netherlands

By: kandy johnson

kandy johnson — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 08:07:26 +0000

Netherlands is the best country to visit for and i went there twice in Christmas days and the decoration is very beautiful and better than from all Europe Ezine

By: japra

japra — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:20:33 +0000

Emm, I’m really enjoying my time here in the Netherlands… in case you couldn’t tell!

By: japra

japra — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:19:29 +0000

Barbara, I think the lights are so pretty. I’ll miss going to Savill Garden in Windsor Great Park this year :-(

By: japra

japra — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:18:22 +0000

Anne, it really is beautiful at night… er after nightfall, which is about 5pm. LOL!

By: japra

japra — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:17:29 +0000

Chris, I do like this laid back style of merchandising. I am going to start playing my own Christmas carols after Thanksgiving, though ;-)

PS I had no idea who Zwart Piet was before I moved here! So you’re not dumb.

By: japra

japra — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:15:56 +0000

Welcome, Sophie! I’m glad you stopped by :-) Thanks for your kind words {blush}.

How are you enjoying Amsterdam? I think it is such a fun city. I love all the museums there!

By: Emm

Emm — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 15:57:07 +0000

I love your photos – it must be lovely to experience this time of year in a completely new world – all the places I have been over Xmas (UK, SA, Australia) might have celebrated Xmas differently but our stories were still the same.

By: Barbara Blundell

Barbara Blundell — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:41:36 +0000

Christmas seems to arrive earlier every year Already twinkling trees are appearing in house and shop windows !

By: Anne

Anne — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:37:45 +0000

The pictures of that pedestrian street and the indoor shopping area have me wishing I were spending the holidays in Den Haag! I bet the street is gorgeous lit up at night.

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:07:04 +0000

Oh, man. Leave it to us ugly Americans to start with the Santa Claus commercials in October! The ads from the paper are spilling out into the street and getting clogged in the loo! If I hear one more carol before (ugly American) Thanksgiving, I’m going to plotz!

However…

I love the season, so I would relish the gentle, sneaking-up-to-Christmas thing the Dutch seem to do. I love all your pictures, and those shop window colors!!

Now I have to go look up Zwart piet. I feel really dumb.