The average American's knowledge of countries other than America: 0% It also really worries me that she doesn't know anything about the Netherlands even though she's married to a Dutch guy.
+Sven Hista It worries me even more that she not only knows nothing about his husband's language and country, but she doesn't want her daughter to learn about it, too. "Ignorance loves the company of itself" sounds right.
+Sven Hista +1 What surprises/worries me most is that Conan, who is considered to be highly intelligent, is so ignorant and that he belittles foreign cultures.
+Sven Hista andrew7taylor Corry Helmond What's truly disturbing, is that you 3 imbeciles aren't even sophisticated enough to comprehend that this is an Outlined Skit, for people with a Sense of Humour. Elol.
+Corry Helmond The Dutch have a sense of humour, so that's quite allright. - By the way: Helmond is a small city in the southern part of The Netherlands.
Dante Dante dude, who cares, in foreign countries, when you say america, people mostly instantaniously think of the united states, so that's why he said that
@@samkinison2375 ur healthcare is overpriced. College overpriced. Infrastructure is crumbling. But hey we have 100 billion dollar for maintaining overseas militaries bases because we like to invade countries
Norwegian here, been to Amsterdam four times, next time I'm going to Nederland I'm going to den haag, Utrecht, Haarlem and Rotterdam. I'm now trying to learn dutch, as I fell in love with the language for some reason. And savoury pancakes, bitterballen and Croquettes.
"I love what the Europeans have" "their take on Christmas" Dude, what we have done? Your Santa Clause is inspired by our versions, not the other way around... By the way, the Dutch "Sinterklaas" has nothing to do with Christmas. It's a totally different thing...
@SCP-049 Coca Cola only made the Christmas man look as we know him today, big bearded guy with a red coat. The Dutch celebrated Sinterklaas in New York, then known as New Amsterdam (1625-1664) when the Brits took over Sinterklaas became Santa Claus. Plenty of words used today in the USA originate from that dutch period.
Santa Claus is a copy of Sinterklaas. Not the other way around. Sinterklaas is a 400 year old tradition, Santa Claus is just a Coca Cola advertisement.
Shes like "Oh so you two know something i dont really care about...so there will be none of that in my house, ecen though I dont care what it is"....thats pretty messed up...specially taking into consideration the dad is literally teaching the kid something new...I bet she also banend mathematics on "her" house... I really dislike her
Otto Meijerhof Then tell me, obviously they are not really taken to Spain but they are told they will be. So it's not really fake is it mate? I did my research and it's known.
I agree. Better to deprive the child of early bilingualism than to force a poor American to do the impossible ... learn another language. BTW: Love how she pronounces "Schwarzepiet" instead of "Zwarte Piet". Does she even know the difference between the Netherlands and Germany?
of course she does. She married a Dutch guy. She says herself that her pronounciation sucks so can we get over that? Asking yourself why she doesn't want to learn another language when any attempt gets ridiculed.
That's a bit too easy of an excuse:" Why bother trying, I will be ridiculed". She doesn't sound at all humbled by the difficulty of the language as far as I can tell from the way she mocks the culture and forbids the language at home. It's unfair to blame the hubby based on a Dutch stereotype. Plus, pronunciation is something you can improve, if you put in a bit of effort.
well i guess that's hard for americans to imagine, since they have most of a continent and no culture at all. just leftover raped bits of european culture.
@@wasimeljerari5735 Yeah, thats what the Japanese said before they attacked Pearl Harbour. What Osama said before sending the planes into the twin towers and what Saddam said before he invaded Kuwait. Keep on dreaming, Americans might have a reputation for insularism but they are certainly not unintelligent, to be honest I wish they were more ignorant of the world, beacuse I just feel the world would be safer from them.
I mean the US is almost as big as the whole continent of Europe, so I think its funny when like someone from Britain lumps all Americans together. Some of our states are bigger than Europes countries, and each state can be wildly different from others.
Well, hey, it's a pretty ignorant stance and makes me feel embarrassed, but let's not get mean. I'm American and my husband is Dutch *though I speak Dutch because it was important to me to learn it*. What I find the worst to be here is the selfish act of depriving her daughter of half her culture in learning her father's native language just because SHE would feel isolated. How stupid and selfish is that? Get your lazy butt in gear, hire a private tutor (if you insist on doing the "star" thing) and learn yourself your husband's language!! Bilingual kids can have such a HUGE advantage in this world - get over yourself and let your hubby and child share their Dutch heritage!
+Amanda Somerville I'm Dutch and will marry my American fiancée in a couple years. We both have kids with our exes. But heck, I will teach my fiancée Dutch and my daughter will learn English in school. So there you go :) I'm sure she'll be top of her class in English class in some years :) Will make them both as bilingual as I am :) But I do think, you learn a strange language best in the country around native speakers. No matter how much English I learned in school for about 10 years. I did perfect my English in America around American people :)
+Amanda Somerville I totally agree, being able to speak 2 languages at that age must be a great advantage in life when she grows up! Helemaal akkoord, twee talen kunnen spreken op jonge leeftijd is sowieso een groot voordeel in het leven!
Nee ik ook niet. En dat kinderliedje ook niet. En dat accent dan.. (neither do I and the same goes for that song.. and this accent 🤣 sounds like a mixedup situation🙄😁
Not only is it ignorant, it's dumb. I'm dual nationality (Irish mother/Dutch father) and as my Dad was teaching us Dutch my Mam picked it up as well so everybody won. Being bilingual rocks! And I agree with everybody else, what she said about Sinterklaas is complete bullshit and I've never heard that song she's talking about.
cynthia van soest Maar daar heb je nu net een belangrijk onderdeel van het probleem te pakken. Engels is hier in het westen steeds meer de lingua franca aan het worden. Dit betekend voor mensen die niet uit een Engelstalige gebieden komen dat zij steeds meer twee of meertalig aan het worden zijn. En daar ontstaat de valkuil dat mensen die wel uit de Engeltalige gebieden komen steeds meer het idee krijgen dat het leren van een buitenlandse taal leren niet nuttig meer is omdat ze in het buiteland toch wel jouw taal kennen. Aan de andere kant leren veel Amerikanen toch wel een of meerder talen. Maar vaak zijn dit talen die bijvoorbeeld handig zijn voor de handel. Chinees is steeds geliefder.
what do you mean njet?Sinterklaas is one of the two saints that loved children and gave them gifts...The other one is Sintmaarten..And santa claus is derived from wodan/odin who lives in a cold place with elves ( asgard)and raindear (think about Thor's carriage)
Casper Cornelisse It's more like: Sinterklaas is partially derived from Wodan, who rides a white horse, sleipnir, just like Sinterklaas does. Santa Claus is named after sinterklaas and partially derived from him, and partially from father christmas in the UK.
It's so sad that Christina has such a defeatist attitude towards learning another language. In Europe most people speak multiple languages. Dutch people speak english brilliantly, but can comfortably flick between dutch and english seamlessly.
For sure -- everyone says it's a really difficult language to learn, ive been at it 2 years now, and it is tough but so is every language- and basic conversation and context comprehension is fairly simple with it because it is such a direct language and culture..
+Sven Ekeberg Educated people like Conan should not have to form an impressionistic view whem oresented facts bij a tearag. Santa is santa, the Dutch have "extra party-time for Latka" which is called Sinterklaas. This however is caused by this sort of woman, which gives false information. Has got nothing to do with Santa or the US, but a bishop of Myra..and the rest is history.... And Belgium is known for its chocolates, and The Netherlands not so much for its Dams. The sort of woman would not even let her child speak Dutch because she feels she is left out. Why not ponder on that.
How is she so proud of not knowing the first thing about her husband's culture nor being able to speak his language? She's depriving her daughter of half her heritage and the chance of being bilingual because she doesn't want to feel left out and she's condecending about anything non-American. Great parenting...
The only semi-important thing might be bilingualism as it's healthy for the mind. But even then, most people I know who were raised bilingual don't even fully remember their second language anymore because they've never had o fully utilize it. Cultural history is no pillar of great parenting, don't be so conceited.
Ik vond het juist behoorlijk Duits klinken. Maar Amerikanen die Nederlands proberen te praten klinkt altijd Duits. Behoorlijk irritant als je bijv een Engelse film zit te kijken en ze ‘Nederlanders’ in de film hebben die duidelijk niet Nederlands maar Duits oid zijn.
"And there is one beautiful song that I can't remember. Even if I did, I couldn't pronounce it and doesn't really matter since it's redundant." Are you kidding me?! I am an American learning Dutch and hearing this just made me a bit irritated 😤 If you are going to marry someone that speaks another language, how about at least take the time to learn it. She should have done the same thing, learn Dutch instead of criticizing it and allow Dutch to be spoken.
It's really too stupid and shallow of her. You're right with the things you mentioned. I wish you lots of fun and success learning the language of my country. And believe me: The Netherlands consist of more than just Amsterdam. There's lots and lots more in this small country at the Northsea!!
I'm more peeved at the fact that she's mixing up Santa Claus and Sinterklaas, and saying that Sinterklaas is the Dutch Santa - which is patent bullshit.
@@marykerrigan6462 yep ! Kind of. Arrogant Americans who think they know foreign's cultures better than people from those countries. How is it possible ? 99% of Americans don't even know the Netherlands were a country 🤣😭🤡
@@marykerrigan6462 I have enough American friends who think Paris is country or cannot name 3 other cities in France 🤦🏼♂️. So imagine for a small country of 17 millions habitants like the Netherlands...
Its kinda sad she is robbing her children of the Dutch language. It's always good to know many languages. I speak 3 different languages and I would still love to be able to speak many more but who got the time for that? Being able to speak more than one language is one of the best gifts a parent can give to their child!
The largest issue being that there are over 50 countries in it. I imagine every one of those 50 does Christmas its own way. While being British I imagine we are nearer to the US in how we celebrate than a lot of countries in the continent I still find it flaming ignorant.
No, the difference is that Americans know they know little about Europe while a lot of Europeans think they know a lot about America but don't. Most Europeans get their info about American culture through things like sitcoms and other series which are in a way more like parodies on American culture than representations of them.
Jasper de Groot Yes but thats stressing my point. By America, I presume you mean USA is a country, Europe is a Continent. Spain and Portugal are imo more alike Brazil than it is England, Netherlands or Germany. Some of Turkey is even in Europe and thats a Muslim country so I imagine Christmas means nothing.
This is exactly what the Surinamese people said about the Dutch when they came here. The difference is that the knowledge the Dutch think they have about Americans is only true for a part. Especially since the culture between the US and Europe is changing rapidly.
BTW Sinterklaas has nothing to do with Santa Claus. It´s on the fifth of december (Saint Nick's birthday), kids get alot of gifts on that day. American Christmas is based on that. Rougly translated we call Santa, The Chrismas dude.
Damn Americans don't have a clue about Europeans, do they? I don't know about East Europe but The West is very similair to the American lifestyle (except the ammount of commercials and guns).
This was very offensive to not only Dutch people, but Europeans in general. Maybe be a little more respectful to the cultures that lay at the roots of your own traditions and actually educate yourself. And more importantly, be respectful of the culture and traditions of your own husband.
Are you kidding me. It's kind of rude that she doesn't even want to try and speak Dutch or try to understand the culture. Her kids will miss a beautiful opportunity to be bilingual. I know I'm kind of biased because I'm Dutch, but still it is her husband. Not only she but also Conan has to consider that different cultures has to be respected. They both don't wanna know the actual traditions and only tell the 'funny and weird' things that come with Sinterklaas. I shouldn't be this offended, and I'm really not. But people (especially Americans) are making fun about our traditions, or ruin them by being mad about it while they have no idea what they're really about and what they mean to us. I just think they could have been, and should have been, a little more respectful about it.
Niriel Nabokov that's not true, Dutch grammar is completely different then English grammar. Which is why most Dutch people's English is pretty crappy.. And that also goes the other way around. The ways we form sentences are completely different. Grammatically speaking, Dutch is one of the hardest languages to learn. But she's indeed a total bitch in this interview
Actually Dutch people speak very good English in comparison to other countries. Grammatically speaking we do a lot different, but both languages share the same roots.
what? I'm Dutch and i have nooooooo idea what they're talking about! wtf? shoes in the oven? wallnuts? Sinterklaas is not Santa.. and what was that song? not to mention Conan's accent
Desirée Rodríguez Yes. i think it dates back to the 80 year war of independence of the Nethelands against Spain in the 16th/17th century. Spain was depicted as a horrible place where Roman Catholic clergy used children as slaves. But... we usually tell the children that it is all not true when they are around 8/9 years old but that they must keep that a secret for younger children. To my amazement that has worked for dozens of generations.
Ronald de Rooij cool... : ) but is a song, a story??? so children there are scared of spain till they are 9!! Im coming there and tell children im from spain... : )
It's great to see people that actually know. Also, It's not just Sinterklaas, it's also father christmas and quite a few others. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Christmas_and_winter_gift-bringers_by_country
Well, she tried to pronounce 'Alsjeblieft' meaning 'please'. Plus, Austrian? Since when is Austrian a language? They in generally speak German over there, and Dutch has the same roots as German, so go figure. Our ancestors were basically kindred, so of course they know about our traditions.
Arjan 030 I don’t think any real dutch person would insult their country like that or take any crap like A litle puppy ( sorry Im mad) She is horibly misinformed about the dutch and even one word is to dificult to learn . This is insulting and not even correct beyond words. I suspect he is barely dutch and has probably been living in america for his whole life lewrning the language through the parents
@@robertocaesar Right!? Conan is a comedian, yet, people here think he's freaking Desmond Morris. He has probably never heard Dutch spoken in his life, but he's having a go at it. He makes fun of many cultures. It's funny.
Well, there used to be a country called "the Spanish Netherlands", which is nowadays known as "Belgium" (+ Luxembourg and some small bits of the surrounding larger countries of France, Germany and the modern day Netherlands). As the Sinterklaas tradition is very old, I would guess, that his assistant Zwarte Piet (= "Black Pete", who is basically the Dutch version of Krampus) took the kids to Belgium (aka the nearest "Spain" seen from the Netherlands), which is, of course, a horrible thing to do. Despite being a lovely country with wonderful people, Belgium's capital Brussels also serves as EU headquarter, i.e. the slimy ganglion of the wretched cesspool of corruption, neo-communism and outright insanity. They seriously DID police the curvature of cucumbers for several years, because (most) EU minions are overpaid, braindead, bored p*rvs, who haven't lifted a single finger in all their lives and would take money from Satan himself. Even though the EU is a relatively recent construct, its demonic nature must have radiated backwards through time and made the Spanish Netherlands an utterly unattractive place.
The Dutch secured their independence from Spain during a war that took 80 (!) years to win.So being deported to Spain was, for a long period of time, a horrible punishment ;-)
Ik ben niet nederlands, maar ik spreek nederlands, ik heb het gestudeerd en ik ken het liedje, maar... lijkt mij dat ze erg respectloos tegenover de cultuur van haar man is, toch? Waarom kan zij met zijn dochter Engels praten maar haar man kan niet Nederlands praten? Ze is het voorbeeld van een Amerikaan die denkt dat de VS het centrum van de wereld is... Het Nederlands is een hele mooie taal...
Actually the Dutch growers have a huge tradition with walnuts. They made more types of walnut than anyone else and there is an extant collection of them second to none. Nowadays not so popular though, that is true and unfortunate.
@@a-dutch-z7351nope its a christian germanic holiday we celebrate the great things saint nicholas has done in his life. also it is from the dutch side of germania so its dutch not german
@@Grechje No it is of German Pagan folklore Krampus in the Alps, look it up on YT and you will see the similarities. The Dutch remade it based on our Spanish history.
Teaching the daughter a funny violent adult's song is a perfect way to get back at his wife who doesn't allow him to speak to his child in his own mother's tongue.
Walnut? on a pillow? ... this interview is so weird. as a dutch person I do feel slightly offended, they are making fun of us even if she said she isnt
You should correct "as a Dutch person" to "as an easily offended person". The walnut thing was obviously a humorous hyperbole about a strange and austere foreign custom that he made up on the spot, not "this is actually what we think Dutch people do".
But isn't Sinterklaas aka Santa Claus from the Netherlands? The tradition was brought over by Dutch immigrants to the American colonies. lol "Our Santa is better!" Oh the irony
Sinterklaas is the same as saint Nicholaas and are used interchangeably in the Netherlands. Santa Claus is based on saint Nicholas - an old man with a weird suit and a white beard giving presents.
We aint like that, we celebrate both Sinterklaas and Santa Claus in December. Also the American Santa Claus is derived from the Dutch Sinterklaas. Too bad they don't know that.
Only the name is. The character is mostly the English figure of Father Christmas, which is in turn just a version of Germanic pagan Yule traditions and his appearance is pretty much based on an avatar of Odin.
@@iljaleunissen7950 no they arent flemish and dutch people are different in so many ways. But we are the best of friends because we all know sinterklaas is better than santa claus.
so denying a child half of it’s heratige is a "funny" thing ... feel bad for the dad ... dutch is a beautifull language ... the way she said Sinterklaas made me cringe so hard
What I heard was, "Since I don't speak Dutch, I'm not going to let my child be bilingual." That kid has a *perfect* opportunity to be fluent in two languages. It just sickens me that some people can be that selfish. Obviously it's her kid and she can do whatever she wants, but that doesn't make it moral.
Guess you've never seen the studies about raising children bilingually, or how doing so increases brain growth and development tremendously, as well as increases social skills. And hey, of course there's no value in learning to form thoughts and concepts in another language, with it's own unique way of phrasing (thus having an effect on the nature and aspect of those thoughts and concepts), right? /s Fool.
the amount of people who didn't educate themselves before talking about the Dutch/the Netherlands are surprisingely high, educate yourself before you rek yourself
@@mariodriessen9740 I used to sing it for my children and even with another mom at the primary schools open mic. Drs P and Annie M.G Schmidt, gotta love 'm!
Just to clear things up: 1. The modern figure of Santa Claus is derived from the Dutch figure of Sinterklaas, whose name is a dialectal pronunciation of Saint Nicholas. So Santa Clause actually comes from a dutch tradition, but americans gave it a different name and made it more commercial. 2. Sinterklaas has helpers 'Zwarte Pieten', which is now seen as a racist thing, especially in other countries (because they don't know the history behind it). The history of 'Zwarte Piet' is actually that when he was a slave, Sinterklaas freed him and 'Zwarte Piet' was so thankful that he wanted to stay loyal to Sinterklaas and help him with helping more people, especially children. So he voluntarily stayed. But I understand very well that because of the history and how he looks like, people feel offended. The Netherlands is now changing the way Zwarte Piet looks, so like no golden earrings anymore & some even have different colors like yellow, white or blue. 3. The last thing I want to say is, especially to Americans, please do your research about the Netherlands (and actually whole Europe). It has a lot of history and culture, which should be studied before making such weird statements. Cause this conversation is just full of ignorance.
yafuga imani Oh and to add: The zwarte pete's are not staying voluntarily, they wórk there and get payed. On t.v. you regulary see them travel on their own, having their own stuff, normal lives and théy decide where they go or what they do. They don't work for free.
Zwarte Piet isn't "considered" racist. it is racist. Usually is when you have a character whose race is in his name. And tell the people why they get taken to Spain.
Sinterklaas is the original: a Turkish bishop who freed slaves by giving them a job and a status. And each year, he celebrates his birthday with handing out toys to children who behaved themselves. He should be a hero! The American Santa Claus on the other hand was invented by Coca Cola...glad I'm Dutch.
yeah.. so he freed slaves by enslaving them himself and having them climb through chimneys and hand out presents which he doesn't do himself, while santa clause does hand out gifts AND let his elfs be his helpers instead of their slaves. Christmas is better than Sinterklaas in every way.. Maar dat is mijn mening. Sinterklaas is sowieso een feest voor de kindjes en Nederlanders zijn zo enorm trots op hun tradities.. wat neerkomt op.. op alleen dit feest.
Gregory mantonios but he goes along on his white horse 'bad-weather-today', he's just to old to go down the chimney himself (he's like 300 years old) so the freed black pete's help him. Like they don't want to make toys all year and bring joy to little kids that have been really nice. Some people need to listen to Bart Peeters some more.
Gregory mantonios "Christmas is better than Sinterklaas in every way" dat is geen mening vriend. als je had gezegt I think Christmas is ........ dan was het een mening geweest.
This is not really true. Sinterklaas is part Germanic part Christian, just like Christmas is. In a lot of areas in Europe(The Netherlands/Belgium, Germany, Austria, France etc) Saint Nicolas(Christian part) had a helper, who was a really scary devil-like creature(Germanic part). That creature was black, sometimes had horns and other devil-like features and he whipped naughty children with sticks. In the 19th century, a Dutch teacher from Amsterdam, named Jan Schenkman, thought this devil-like creature was too scary for children, in his opinion that was not good for the wellbeing of children and made Black Pete man, so he remained black. Since there were no Black men in Amsterdam, he based the looks on(made cartoons off) different black men from all around the world. Unfortunately he chose the look of African boys from paintings from the 17th century, which were in hindsight not okay. To be fair, he had no idea. The look of Black Pete(Zwarte Piet) was ment well, but we, Dutch People should have changed the look like we changed the cartoon of Tin Tn in Afrika and Sjors and Sjimmie over 50 years ago. One of the songs, invented by the same Jan Schenkman, says "weest toch gerust mijn kind, ik ben een goede vrind, ookal ben ik zwart als roet, meen het toch goed". This means he is black as soot, which is a saying like green as grass, so its not litteraly black from going through the chimney. He is in fact black from birth, and he should not be a charicature or a servant. Anyway, Black Pete could and should have been okay, but it isnt because of racist, stupid people, who keep insisting he is not a racist charicature and he is only black because of soot in the chimney. Thats a lie offcourse. He was not meant to be, but he is, and he should have been adapted, like the songs hitting naughty childrenb or shipping naughty in bags to Spain; all that has been adapted over the last 50 years. Also, be wary: Dutch and Deutsch has been mixed up. The Pennsylvania Dutch are actually the Pennsylvania Deutsch, which are Germans. The Dutch are from Holland, The Low Lands or the Netherland, which is a Germanic country, and borders Germany. I know its hard, but be careful. PS: Drs. P rocks. Your husband knows his art, Christina. Its not for children though;) And not for young people, its rather old.
Teaching my children songs by Drs. P. and convincing my american spouse that that was the staple for Dutch music is exactly what I'd do tbh. I hope he also taught them "Dodenrit/ troika hier, troika daar" About a Russian family riding through Siberia and singing happily while tossing their kids off the sleigh to be eaten by wolves. It's really quite lovely.
The song she's talking about is not a children's song, it's a wonderful humorous song by the great Swiss/Dutch poet Drs. P who sadly passed away about a year ago. He had a very interesting way of speaking and a dark sense of humor that's in many of his songs. The song is titled "De zusters Karamazov" and indeed describes how one sister tries to poison the other but ends up killing herself after they inherit a bunch of nightgowns which tears apart their good relationship as both sisters want to keep all the nightgowns for themselves.
wow, umh for someone's who's married to a dutch person she sure shows little interest and appreciation of the dutch culture. She even got all her facts wrong about sinterklaas.
+Slytherinsterek Right, how awful is that? And the fact she's denying her child learning her father's language just so she doesn't feel left out? That's literally the definition of a bad parent - putting your petty foibles above what's best for your children.
+Tom THANK YOU. That is exactly what I mean, to be honest it disgusts and offends me to a personal level. In what world does she think she lives that she can just completely ignore her husband's culture, language and origins for her own benefit? and then start spreading lies about it on national television? Ugh
Slytherinsterek I share your disgust my dear - and I'm not Dutch, but after living in Amsterdam and discovering what a wonderful culture it is, it bothers me even more. Not that that matters really - it's terrible to deny a child their cultural heritage, whatever that might be.
And yet her husband was watching at home and having a good laugh because he has a *sense of humor*. These people onstage are involved comedy, and definitely know better. In fact, these are pretty mild jokes they decided to run with. Different cultures find different things amusing.
+Martin Alexander oh I knew it was humor! Don't get me wrong, my comment wasn't made as some butthurt Dutch person whose pride was hurt, no it's just that I find that they handeled our culture in a very disrespectful way. It's fine to make jokes about our culture, tbh I can really enjoy it when the Netherlands totally gets owned, but I don't like insulting jokes when there's no truth in them. I mean, would she haved joked about something we actually do I would have found it to be funny (of course when it's done respectfully) but the fact is that she doesn't. The only thing she really does is give some unfunny and mostly false facts about the Netherlands and insult her husband. Like I get how this is meant to be funny, but it's just not? The show went for quick easy "humor", while with a little more effort they could have actually made jokes about the weird shit we do (bc we really do some weird shit). I mean I don't mind people making fun of Dutch culture at all, more like the opposite please drag our asses I love that shit, but it needs to be done right.
As a dutch person I find this a little offensive. Conan acts like 'the American way' is the ONLY way. And no, we celebrate Christmas just as much America celebrates Christmas. Get your facts straight, Co.
The Dutch are very direct, almost rude for some lol. But they are highly educated. The Netherlands is 1 of the richest countrys in the world. With the best healthcare in the world. Compared to The Netherlands the U.S. is a 3th world country. Serious.
Christine, Please don´t rob your daughter of her Dutch heritage just because you´re feeling insecure, left out, for no reason. She deserves to be able to speak both of her native languages. Martijn zorg er AUB voor dat jullie kind ook Nederlands leert.
Especially when you think about the fact that once someone has learned a foreign language, learning a third or more is much easier. Learning a language is a kind of mind set.
Whoah there... you're taking it seriously? You know how this works right? Maybe you don't...that's fair. Guests on the show exaggerate or change up things to make a fun story. It's not that she literally won't let her kid learn dutch...
The funny part though is that without OUR Dutch Sinterklaas (Who is based on the Turkish bishop St. Nicolas.) the Americans wouldn't even have had any Santa Claus. When the Dutch settlers went off to 'the new world' which has become America they took Sinterklaas with them as a tradition,(Which by the way gets celebrated on 5th december in The Netherlands and on 6th December in Belgium.) and over the years Sinterklaas got combined with 2 other caracters (1 being the German 'Father Christmas') and formed into Santa Clause. And then in 1934 Coca Cola made him into the guy everybody knows now. (And thats also the reason why Santa is in the same colours as the Coca Cola-logo.) And THAT are the simple facts.
In the Netherlands we have a kind of funny dark comedy and it was at one time very popular in songs. The song she's talking about is "De Gezusters Kamarazov" (The Sisters Karamazov), a play on the book by Dostojewski, by Drs. P. Another example is "Dodenrit" (Death Ride), by the same singer. It's about a Russian family on their way to Omsk, but they get chased by wolves, so they have to throw their children off the troika to keep the wolves away. They start with the least talented one, but the wolves keep coming back, so they have to keep throwing their children off. Drs. P was inspired by Louis Davids, who sang songs about all day themes, but with funny dark undertones. There's one example named "De Begrafenis van Ome Manus" (The Burial of Uncle Manus). In this song a rich man has died, but he has many descendants who start to kill each other over the heritage. Another example is "Weekend in Scheveningen", where the chorus is about happy like "Yeah, we're going to the beach in Scheveningen. The sky is blue, the sea is warm in Scheveningen!", but in the verses the family irritate each other and they start beating each other to death. It may be strange to some people, but I think it's funny as hell.
***** No it doesn't. Santa Claus derives directly from Saint Nicholas which derives from Sanctus Nicolaus. Sinterklaas derives from Sint-Nicolaas via Saint Nicolas which derives again from Sanctus Nicolaus. Sanctus Nicolaus is latin translation of Hagios Nikólaos. And in all it's just a catholic renaming of jultomte/julgubbe/julenisse/yule goat, common in everywhere in Europe.
Wild Hunt Trumpeter No, Santa Claus (the idea as well as the name) is directly based off Sinterklaas. Sinterklaas comes from Sint Nicolaas (Saint Nicolas). Sanctus Nicolaus is Latin btw, just a 'translation' of the *same* name.
InsomnicNarcoleptic Het is ons duidelijk in het Engels, en het wordt er niet kloppender op in het Nederlands vertaald. 'Sinterklaas' is hoe wij al eeuwen de beste man gebruikelijk noemen, en de Amerikanen hebben dat zo overgenomen; hun eigen variatie van gemaakt. Dit staat geheel los van het feit dat Sint Nicolaas Hagios Nikolaus in het Turks is of Sanctus Nicolaus in Latijn. En als je even nadenkt klinkt 'Santa Claus' ook veel meer als Sinterklaas dan Sint Nicolaas.
+paddotk Sinterklaas is actually something that is less made up than Santa. It's from the Dark Ages where a priest or saint would go to a village and give kids presents since they were always working. If the kid doesn't behave he takes him to Spain and teach them how to be nice. Santa is just a advertising, kapitalised as fuck, made up fat man... also dutch people still do Christmas the same way as Muricans do since Sinterklaas is until december 5th in the Netherlands
It's impossible to make Americans understand 'Sinterklaas' is - not - our Christmas celebration. It's completely separate. It would be like saying Halloween is your Christmas celebration.
well its not really. Its like saying Halloween is their version of Sint maarten Sinterlaas+christmas= presents (why lots of foreigners confuse them) Sint maarten+halloween= sweets (why that would be a better example) But I agree, most will never understand. But thats like most traditions, if you dont have that tradition you try and compare it to something you know.
As a person who's lived in The Netherlands her whole life, the pronounce of every dutch words they say is absolutely to die for. I could not stop laughing and I so appreciate Christina for trying to speak Dutch. Because it is hard. It is a difficult language. If I would marry an American man or a man from any other foreign country and we decide to live there and not in The Netherlands. I will make sure our kid(s) speak Dutch from the moment they start talking.
"I love it when the Europeans have a different take on Christmas." Well. Firstly, Sinterklaas, which is not the same as Christmas came first! How ignorant to say that! Do your homework! And if that woman her husband is Dutch, why does she tell it like it's all morbid, it's not like that.
I'm an African who lives in the Netherlands, although I personally think the idea of zwarte piet is racist but in their defence, the Dutch's take on it seems to be completely innocent...
Robin Visser Dear god, Conan is obviously just acting stupid like he normally does on his show in order to make his guest shine. It's meant to be funny, not to be an accurate view on the ethics and history of the Dutch society. I hate it when people watch comedy and only get offended when something directly targets them... Learn to put things in perspective...
If an American doesn't even know that "Santa Clause" is just a commercial Coca-Cola made mixup from Father Christmas + Sinterklaas (two different holidays, two different saints, two different stories) than maybe he should just keep it a bit quiet. Your big apple once was called "New York" by the British after they bought it as "New Amsterdam" from the Dutch. But hey... We are just the capital of Danmark isn't it? I'm gonna put my wooden shoes next to my tullips and take a nap now. LOL #Netherlands #KnowYourHistory #Heineken #Philips #KLM #Shell #KPMG #Unilever
no they weren', at least in the eyes of willem van oranje, like what was written in our anthem. only the king of spain saw him or us (i dont remember) like a threat or something, then the king hired balthazar gerards to kill willem van oranje...
Why did you marry a Dutch man if you are not interested in the culture of his land and worse not even in the language which is his mothertongue and should be passed on to your child(ren), since it is their origins. What a lack of culture and understanding. Learn about history before commenting. The song is an adult song and is ment as a joke. And saying that I appreciated your acting in 'Surviving Christimas'.
Hmm I'm Dutch but never heard of that childerens song.... And Sinterklaas is not the same as Christmas. We celebrate Sinterklaas on the 5th of December and Christmas on 25-26th of December. Like the rest of the world. Sinterklaas is a typical Dutch holiday, with a holy man (Sinterklaas) who gives free presents to poor children. So it is not a demon ;-). And we use the sentence about going to Spain if the kids won't listen to you around Sinterklaas. You will say: "If you don't listen to mummy, Sinterklaas will know and put you in his bag to Spain!" I know I listened to my mum when I was younger ;-)
Tussenvoegsels ftw! A 'tussenvoegsel' is the (uncapitalised) word(s) before our last names. In our case "de" but "van de", "van", "van der", "van het" and "van 't" appear frequently as well. They're not officially part of your last name, which is why it's not capitalised. My last name "de Lange" is therefore officially filed under L and your last name in the original spelling starts with a W in the Netherlands. So our last names are kinda special. :)
Hang on, Conan. Sinterklaas was first (saint nicholas) and then the Americans took this character and moved it from december 6th to christmas and made it some kind of christmas figure.
I grew up in a Dutch Church denomination. Sinter Klaas was portrayed as a Bishop with a shepherd's crook and wore a blue robe. My family still has a connection to The Netherlands through the church despite having moved to North America in 1627. This despite our French Huguenot ancestors arrival in 1653 and 6 other European ethnic groups before or since then. Dutch isn't that hard to speak if you are willing to put forth the effort in learning it.
You do realize St. Nicholas was a Greek bishop and the magical man bearing gifts in midwinter originates from Germanic paganism and Odin? Americans just got the name "Santa Claus" as a loan from the Dutch. Without Sinterklaas there would totally be a Santa Claus, they'd just still call him Father Christmas.
*Greek. Modern day Turkey was culturally and ethnically Greek until waaaay after St. Nick died. This is like when people try to claim that Alexander the Great was Slavic not Greek cos modern day FYR of Macedonia is Slavic. No. Migration is a thing.
Sam M. What I was trying to say was that the Dutch people, who migrated to the US, were the ones that started it for Americans. Also the "celebration" of Sinterklaas only happens in the Netherlands and Belgium now a days.
I am Dutch and I am not offended at all. Just disappointed she has no interest in her own husband heritage and seems to kind of ridicule it, seems weird to me. Also when it's Sinter Klaas not Sinter Klaus. And when Conan said it's Santa claus get with the program i just thought, if you knew that Santa Claus is actually based on Sinter Klaas and would probably not exist otherwise, certainly not the way he is now. It's sort of a joke but also a bit of arrogance when he said that. And the taking back to Spain stems from the early years of Sinter Klaas, back then even the English made up songs to scare kids straight, that's not a weirdly dutch thing. About the kids song I never heard of that song in my life. That is just one of those weird songs that they make up in the corners of Holland or really old songs, because it isn't a popular dutch kid song at all.
badger5079 Well don't know the official reason but I would guess to scare kids straight. And it's Spain because that's where they say Sinter Klaas is from.
weet je wat het is met amerika, ze zijn zo egoistisch en denken alleen maar aan zichzelf dat is het beeld dat iedereen van amerika heft en het is niet zo gek want dit filmpje bewijst het. ps niet iedereen in amerika maar een grote deel wel.
Sean Marlisa Ja zoals je zegt dat is zeker de beeld die je van de Amerikanen krijgt. Het zijn ze niet allemaal inderdaad maar wel vaak de genen die op tv te zien zijn.
It's confusing for americans when we talk about 'Sinterklaas'. They think we're talking about 'Santa Claus' but that is not true. 'Sinterklaas' is a mythical man who supposedly lives in Spain and who brings presents and candy for children on december 6th (in Belgium) and september 5th (in Holland). He has multiple assistants who are called 'zwarte piet'. So 'Piet' is a Dutch name, and 'zwarte' means black. So he's 'zwarte piet' because he crawls through chimneys to deliver the toys and candy in childrens homes and that's why he's black. 'Sinterklaas' is actually based on an ancient Germanic feast. 'Santa Claus' is called 'Kerstman' in Dutch and there's no difference between the american and Dutch/Belgian 'Kerstman'. He brings presents on Christmas.
+Mario X. Well not Mythical. Its was a young men called Nikolaos from Myra today's Turkey. When his parents died and left him with a lot of money, which he did a lot of good with. He moved in with his uncle an became a priest, eventually a bishop and after he died a Saint. In the legends he is a benefactor to children from praying them back alive, saving them from a butcher how made meat from them Most famous is the poor man with 3 daughter and no dowery and would most likely stay single the rest of their live and being assumed to be prostiutes. To save them humiliation Dear O'l Nik would secretly trew in 1 purse money trough the window when a daughter became of aged to be married. When the 3 daughter was going to be the father wanted to know how the kind man was. Nik went on the roof and threw the purse trough the chimney and ended up falling in a stocking hanging there to dry. Santa little helpers? those where thieve how where that Nikolaos try to "save" and the Gift? Those where the stolen goods returning to the rightfull owners or those in need. (Well that is a way to long responds and but it was fun to look it up again. Special with the whole debate here in Holland coming up.)
+Mario X. The true story is very different. Some key factors: Santa Claus is based on an Irish myth and Sinterklaas. The "zwarte pieten" were not in fact his helpers but his slaves (mind you the myth originates in the 1500's when slaves were one of the primary sources of health for the then called Dutch Republic. These slaves were black and hence the colour reference, nothing to do with chimneys, that's just some fantasy we tell the kids. It is also not based upon a Germanic feast, it is based on Saint Nicholas or Nikolaos of Myra. There are also tiny differences in the Christmas version (Santa), but those quickly diverge to a discussion about semantics so I won't go in to that here.
I think it's rather hilarious that he thinks that Dutch children don't get much for Sinterklaas. I think there is no country in the world where children are spoiled as much in the period between the arrival of Sinterklaas in the Netherlands in November, and Christmas. The arrival of Sinterklaas is on 12 November this year, and children get (small) presents and candy in their shoe every night until the Sinterklaas celebration on December 5th. So that's a small present every night for over three weeks. Let that sink in for a bit. Then there's the Sinterklaas celebration, which means that the children receive a HUGE jute gunny bag stuffed with presents and candy. Nowadays in many families they even get multiple sacks! So that's 3 weeks of presents and candy every night + huge huge sack full of presents. And THEN we ALSO celebrate Christmas with (often) presents under the Christmas tree, similar to the USA. Those presents they do not receive from Sinterklaas (Saint Nicholas), who's already back in Spain, chilling out on the beach, but from the Kerstman (meaning Christmas man), who is exactly the same as your Santa. So in fact, children here don't het a walnut, but over the top, triple spoilation with many extras. So Dutch children are the last children in the world you should feel sorry for during Christmas time. They're some very very very lucky little bastards!
Obviously there are also poor kids here, who don't get that much, because their parents can't afford it. I'm talking about middle and upper class families here.
True a great way for businesses to make money. The English have a saying when you shake hands with a Dutch man on completing a business deal, count your fingers. Dutch are great business people.
Americans think the Dutch eat cheese, tulips and space-cake all day. And some of them think Amsterdam is a country. Christina' s saying her husband is from Amsterdam but he is actually from Vlaardingen. What a shame.
Santaclause is actually Sinterklaas, in america they erased the original story about the Turkish saint and combined it with that other saint, jesus. Then, it was commercialized a lot, like coca cola had a big influence on his appearence. But indeed, it's a totally different kind of day, but the person is the same. And in holland we use slaves instead of elfs X-D
You’re wrong it’s about tulips,poffertjes, Alkmaarse kaas,wooden shoes, windmills oliebollen, Appel beignets, kroketten, watermanagement like the Deltawerken we’re the best of the world and for inventing donuts. Don’t forget it yes? Almost forget without the Netherlands New York doesn’t issist
Not really. Found it very funny! Especially because Conan has no idea what he is talking about and just mixes up different European traditions, which have nothing to do with the Dutch Sinterklaas at all.. i.e. I've never heard of anything with walnuts in december... Probably some German tradition..
Gimme a break. I'm Dutch and laugh about it. You can make fun of any nationality, but these days too many people feel offended for every single bit of mockery. It's kinda pathetic.
De tering wat zijn die Murricans stom.. Toen ik hoorde dat ze getrouwd is met een Nederlander dacht ik: awww yeah! maar het hele stuk daarna WTF. Holland (two provinces) are a part of the Netherlands (the country) and Conan making no diffirence between Holland/the Netherlands and the EU is kinda retarded... like nothing else beyond his world (which is no larger than USA) doesn't matter/exists/is strange. Also, making fun of things and saying the Americans have (invented) better hollidays, not knowing/realising most of the American things are at least based on the EU country's (like the Netherlands, England and Germany). I wished I dídn't watch this.. lost a lot of respect for both of them.
love that Conan thinks that Sinterklaas is derived from Santa Clause when it's actually the other way around
Yup love that haha
Santa Clause and Sinterklaas have nothing in common. Santa Clause is a fabrication of Coca Cola. It is all about extra sales.
@@gwenwalravens8030 It seems even the so-called Coca Cola fabrication is better than the racist fabrication.
Funny how Dutch people think that Sinterklaas is OK and not racist
@@nolyd2307 funny how people think that its racist
The average American's knowledge of countries other than America: 0%
It also really worries me that she doesn't know anything about the Netherlands even though she's married to a Dutch guy.
+Sven Hista It worries me even more that she not only knows nothing about his husband's language and country, but she doesn't want her daughter to learn about it, too. "Ignorance loves the company of itself" sounds right.
+Sven Hista +1
What surprises/worries me most is that Conan, who is considered to be highly intelligent, is so ignorant and that he belittles foreign cultures.
+Sven Hista andrew7taylor Corry Helmond What's truly disturbing, is that you 3 imbeciles aren't even sophisticated enough to comprehend that this is an Outlined Skit, for people with a Sense of Humour. Elol.
+Corry Helmond
The Dutch have a sense of humour, so that's quite allright. - By the way: Helmond is a small city in the southern part of The Netherlands.
+Ted van Lieshout
I know - I'm Dutch ;P
I think we have a great sense of humour.
Americans act like America is the whole world
Uhm... that's a bid true, but it's also your fault because AMERICA is a continent, not a country.
Dante Dante dude, who cares, in foreign countries, when you say america, people mostly instantaniously think of the united states, so that's why he said that
Shoulda said 'MURICA I guess
Yeah America sucks that's why trillions of people want to live there
@@samkinison2375 ur healthcare is overpriced.
College overpriced.
Infrastructure is crumbling.
But hey we have 100 billion dollar for maintaining overseas militaries bases because we like to invade countries
Dutch person doesnt live in Amsterdam.
Americans : wait whereee do you live then, is that even a real place?
Ik kom uit Zwolle en mijn Amerikaanse nicht zegt altijd tegen haar vrienden dat het dicht bij Amsterdam is
Ik woon in Eindhoven en iedere Amerikaan die ik ken denkt dat heel Nederland uit Amsterdam bestaat
Ik woon in België ( Antwerpen )
Norwegian here, been to Amsterdam four times, next time I'm going to Nederland I'm going to den haag, Utrecht, Haarlem and Rotterdam.
I'm now trying to learn dutch, as I fell in love with the language for some reason. And savoury pancakes, bitterballen and Croquettes.
Ik kom uit belgië
"I love what the Europeans have" "their take on Christmas" Dude, what we have done? Your Santa Clause is inspired by our versions, not the other way around... By the way, the Dutch "Sinterklaas" has nothing to do with Christmas. It's a totally different thing...
Santaclaus was inspired by Sinterklaas
SCP-049 rebranded by coca cola*
@SCP-049 Coca Cola only made the Christmas man look as we know him today, big bearded guy with a red coat. The Dutch celebrated Sinterklaas in New York, then known as New Amsterdam (1625-1664) when the Brits took over Sinterklaas became Santa Claus. Plenty of words used today in the USA originate from that dutch period.
Gast boeie
Its the original
Santa Claus is a copy of Sinterklaas. Not the other way around. Sinterklaas is a 400 year old tradition, Santa Claus is just a Coca Cola advertisement.
Subject Beeetje overdreven, maar 'tis wel waar..
www.snopes.com/holidays/christmas/santa/cocacola.asp
Shes like "Oh so you two know something i dont really care about...so
there will be none of that in my house, ecen though I dont care what it
is"....thats pretty messed up...specially taking into consideration the
dad is literally teaching the kid something new...I bet she also banend
mathematics on "her" house...
I really dislike her
Leeroy jenkins That's not what's happening. Those are fake things that other countries say, but it's total bullshit.
Otto Meijerhof Then tell me, obviously they are not really taken to Spain but they are told they will be. So it's not really fake is it mate? I did my research and it's known.
I cannot believe she seriously prevented her daughter from becoming naturally bilingual, which is a huge cognitive advantage in life.
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I agree. Better to deprive the child of early bilingualism than to force a poor American to do the impossible ... learn another language.
BTW: Love how she pronounces "Schwarzepiet" instead of "Zwarte Piet". Does she even know the difference between the Netherlands and Germany?
of course she does. She married a Dutch guy. She says herself that her pronounciation sucks so can we get over that? Asking yourself why she doesn't want to learn another language when any attempt gets ridiculed.
That's a bit too easy of an excuse:" Why bother trying, I will be ridiculed". She doesn't sound at all humbled by the difficulty of the language as far as I can tell from the way she mocks the culture and forbids the language at home. It's unfair to blame the hubby based on a Dutch stereotype.
Plus, pronunciation is something you can improve, if you put in a bit of effort.
she's obviously joking dude.
'the Europeans' - It's not like it is one culture haha
well i guess that's hard for americans to imagine, since they have most of a continent and no culture at all. just leftover raped bits of european culture.
When Europe was made God decided to put a whole bunch of angry cats into one sac and that is the European creation story.
Donnie D If you’re american your ancestors were european. But why would you know that, it’s not like americans are smart
@@wasimeljerari5735 Yeah, thats what the Japanese said before they attacked Pearl Harbour. What Osama said before sending the planes into the twin towers and what Saddam said before he invaded Kuwait. Keep on dreaming, Americans might have a reputation for insularism but they are certainly not unintelligent, to be honest I wish they were more ignorant of the world, beacuse I just feel the world would be safer from them.
I mean the US is almost as big as the whole continent of Europe, so I think its funny when like someone from Britain lumps all Americans together. Some of our states are bigger than Europes countries, and each state can be wildly different from others.
Welk liedje gaat het over? Komt me niet bekend voor. Ook altijd grappig hoe Amerikanen nog steeds denken dat men in europa nog steeds in 1800 leeft.
Ik heb ook geen idee welk liedje.
Zij lult gewoon. Wat een onzin.
Dit is een liedje van Drs P. Dan weet je ook meteen waarom het redelijk grof is.
/watch?v=JXhu6WZUPUY
Gelukkig vinden wij alle Amerikanen ook patriottistische vreetzakken...
I'm Dutch and I never heard of the song that she is talking about
Edit: Thanks for all the likes, The Netherlands is the best!!
It,s not a song ,it,s a poem by Drs P
It is a song by Drs P. A poem with a melody if you will.
Its met matilda of zo
Ik ken het ook niet
@@mariaa0031 ruclips.net/video/Heu7yfPLcrE/видео.html Drs p Tante constance en tante mathilde, woonden eendrachtelijk vriendelijk bijeen.
Well, hey, it's a pretty ignorant stance and makes me feel embarrassed, but let's not get mean. I'm American and my husband is Dutch *though I speak Dutch because it was important to me to learn it*. What I find the worst to be here is the selfish act of depriving her daughter of half her culture in learning her father's native language just because SHE would feel isolated. How stupid and selfish is that? Get your lazy butt in gear, hire a private tutor (if you insist on doing the "star" thing) and learn yourself your husband's language!! Bilingual kids can have such a HUGE advantage in this world - get over yourself and let your hubby and child share their Dutch heritage!
+Amanda Somerville Totally agree..
+Amanda Somerville Thanks a lot!!/Dank je wel!! Groeten aan je man. Simon uit Nederland
+Amanda Somerville I'm Dutch and will marry my American fiancée in a couple years. We both have kids with our exes. But heck, I will teach my fiancée Dutch and my daughter will learn English in school. So there you go :) I'm sure she'll be top of her class in English class in some years :) Will make them both as bilingual as I am :) But I do think, you learn a strange language best in the country around native speakers. No matter how much English I learned in school for about 10 years. I did perfect my English in America around American people :)
+Amanda Somerville I totally agree, being able to speak 2 languages at that age must be a great advantage in life when she grows up!
Helemaal akkoord, twee talen kunnen spreken op jonge leeftijd is sowieso een groot voordeel in het leven!
Waste of time unless you live somewhere with a large Dutch speaking populace. Ran into 1 here in MKE. Save your money and learn Chinese instead
As a Dutch person, i've never heard of a walnut on a pillow tradition.
Sameee
Same here. Never heart of it.
En dat liedje dan? Welk kinderliedje isdat dan???
Nee ik ook niet. En dat kinderliedje ook niet. En dat accent dan.. (neither do I and the same goes for that song.. and this accent 🤣 sounds like a mixedup situation🙄😁
Me neither
her not wanting to let her kid learn dutch from her husband is the most ignorant and selfish thing i've heard in at least a week.
The kid lives in the States, so why does it need Dutch there? To talk to the Dutch tourists?
Not only is it ignorant, it's dumb. I'm dual nationality (Irish mother/Dutch father) and as my Dad was teaching us Dutch my Mam picked it up as well so everybody won.
Being bilingual rocks!
And I agree with everybody else, what she said about Sinterklaas is complete bullshit and I've never heard that song she's talking about.
Krijn van Alten ik woon in nederland en ons word toch ook duits en engels geleerd??? je word er alleen maar slimmer van.
cynthia van soest afgesproken
cynthia van soest Maar daar heb je nu net een belangrijk onderdeel van het probleem te pakken. Engels is hier in het westen steeds meer de lingua franca aan het worden. Dit betekend voor mensen die niet uit een Engelstalige gebieden komen dat zij steeds meer twee of meertalig aan het worden zijn. En daar ontstaat de valkuil dat mensen die wel uit de Engeltalige gebieden komen steeds meer het idee krijgen dat het leren van een buitenlandse taal leren niet nuttig meer is omdat ze in het buiteland toch wel jouw taal kennen.
Aan de andere kant leren veel Amerikanen toch wel een of meerder talen. Maar vaak zijn dit talen die bijvoorbeeld handig zijn voor de handel. Chinees is steeds geliefder.
I love that Conan thinks that Sinterklaas is derived from Santa Clause when it's actually the other way around
nope ...santa clause is derived from wodan/odin...Sinterklaas is a saint
steve bloodfallsfirst njet
what do you mean njet?Sinterklaas is one of the two saints that loved children and gave them gifts...The other one is Sintmaarten..And santa claus is derived from wodan/odin who lives in a cold place with elves ( asgard)and raindear (think about Thor's carriage)
Wow, guess you learn something new every day!
Casper Cornelisse It's more like: Sinterklaas is partially derived from Wodan, who rides a white horse, sleipnir, just like Sinterklaas does. Santa Claus is named after sinterklaas and partially derived from him, and partially from father christmas in the UK.
She deprives her daughter of a second language because she doesn't feel confident enough and suspects they're talking about her. Sad.
and she could just learn it with her
I think she's joking
If there aremultiple dutch people in a foreign envirement theres no english to be heard i think she meant that
bitch is a dumb B-actress. Ever since Married with Children her career plummeted into C-rated "comedies"
Butterbee yeah like go watch het huis anubis or something more simple like koekeloere ofzo hahahhaa
It's so sad that Christina has such a defeatist attitude towards learning another language. In Europe most people speak multiple languages. Dutch people speak english brilliantly, but can comfortably flick between dutch and english seamlessly.
charlie panapa 🇸🇷♥️✌️
For sure -- everyone says it's a really difficult language to learn, ive been at it 2 years now, and it is tough but so is every language- and basic conversation and context comprehension is fairly simple with it because it is such a direct language and culture..
most Dutch speak some english.....but the accent...ouch
@@remkovdb . People who speak English natively don't care if you have an accent or not. You should be less self concious about it.
There is a good reason for that. English is a world language and a popular lingua franca. Dutch isn't.
Walnuts on pillows!? WTF!? I'm Dutch and I've never heard of that...
stop die walnoot maar lekker je reet in
Venomations die is nieuw...
Jo Tyson niet tegen jouw maar dat andere stuk stront in de video
+Jo Tyson: It was an impressionistic take on European traditions...
+Sven Ekeberg Educated people like Conan should not have to form an impressionistic view whem oresented facts bij a tearag.
Santa is santa, the Dutch have "extra party-time for Latka" which is called Sinterklaas.
This however is caused by this sort of woman, which gives false information.
Has got nothing to do with Santa or the US, but a bishop of Myra..and the rest is history....
And Belgium is known for its chocolates, and The Netherlands not so much for its Dams.
The sort of woman would not even let her child speak Dutch because she feels she is left out.
Why not ponder on that.
I'm dutch and I have no idea which (child)song they are talking about...
I do. " De zusters Karamazov" by drs.P :D
But thats from Drs P, that's no childrens song :)
it's fantastic, actually. but indeed, not a children's song at all!
I can see that it might sound like that.
Nooit van gehoor haha
How is she so proud of not knowing the first thing about her husband's culture nor being able to speak his language? She's depriving her daughter of half her heritage and the chance of being bilingual because she doesn't want to feel left out and she's condecending about anything non-American. Great parenting...
true
The only semi-important thing might be bilingualism as it's healthy for the mind. But even then, most people I know who were raised bilingual don't even fully remember their second language anymore because they've never had o fully utilize it.
Cultural history is no pillar of great parenting, don't be so conceited.
Kevin Broker it really does not look like she was
Kevin Broker triggered
Kevin Broker
Yeah, sure, because looking like a shallow arrogant bimbo is so funny.
He was trying a Dutch accent, but it seems more like a Russian accent lol
Or am I wrong?
@Leander Herman same, het was echt heel raar. Die man moet echt z'n bek houden
Ik vond het juist behoorlijk Duits klinken. Maar Amerikanen die Nederlands proberen te praten klinkt altijd Duits. Behoorlijk irritant als je bijv een Engelse film zit te kijken en ze ‘Nederlanders’ in de film hebben die duidelijk niet Nederlands maar Duits oid zijn.
XD
sounds more like an American interpretation of swedish tbh
@Leander Herman al komt dat eigenlijk af van Duitsers. Niet Nederlanders
"And there is one beautiful song that I can't remember. Even if I did, I couldn't pronounce it and doesn't really matter since it's redundant." Are you kidding me?! I am an American learning Dutch and hearing this just made me a bit irritated 😤 If you are going to marry someone that speaks another language, how about at least take the time to learn it. She should have done the same thing, learn Dutch instead of criticizing it and allow Dutch to be spoken.
Yes exactly, her husband can’t even talk Dutch to her daughter because their gonna say things about her in Dutch. I just-
It's really too stupid and shallow of her. You're right with the things you mentioned. I wish you lots of fun and success learning the language of my country. And believe me: The Netherlands consist of more than just Amsterdam. There's lots and lots more in this small country at the Northsea!!
"Schwarte piet"? Jesus woman, we're not German ...
***** The way she pronounced "zwart" sounds more like "schwarz", which is German.
I'm more peeved at the fact that she's mixing up Santa Claus and Sinterklaas, and saying that Sinterklaas is the Dutch Santa - which is patent bullshit.
Ansatsunin but santa Claus originated from Sinterklaas
Ze heeft graag eens een "schwarte piet" :p
Im starting to think her husband isnt even dutch....
She's most likely to dumb to even notice.... That, or just too ignorant or arrogant.
Lol
Yeah he's Pennsylvanian Dutch.
You're just too stupid
@@deputyvanhalen6386 Which is essentially German.
I'm a Frenchman from Paris and I've lived 12 years in Den Haag.
Dutch don't have Freaky Traditions.
They are just different than the American's one.
Does this give you emily in Paris vibes on attitude ??
It is a creepy premise for a song.
@@marykerrigan6462 yep ! Kind of. Arrogant Americans who think they know foreign's cultures better than people from those countries. How is it possible ? 99% of Americans don't even know the Netherlands were a country 🤣😭🤡
@@amaurya7689 very cringy ! Aw man a bit of self-reflection would do wonders..
@@marykerrigan6462 I have enough American friends who think Paris is country or cannot name 3 other cities in France 🤦🏼♂️. So imagine for a small country of 17 millions habitants like the Netherlands...
Its kinda sad she is robbing her children of the Dutch language. It's always good to know many languages. I speak 3 different languages and I would still love to be able to speak many more but who got the time for that? Being able to speak more than one language is one of the best gifts a parent can give to their child!
brb google translate ^^
yeaaa I don't think so...
*****
That's why you speak the superior southern accents. No hard G's.
Necra Monium lol I love how a gelatin shit is a fart
Why in f*cks name is it important to speak dutch? I am dutch and we only speak it in our country.
The only thing that saddens me is how little most americans know about europe, while most europeans know allot about america.
The largest issue being that there are over 50 countries in it. I imagine every one of those 50 does Christmas its own way.
While being British I imagine we are nearer to the US in how we celebrate than a lot of countries in the continent I still find it flaming ignorant.
No, the difference is that Americans know they know little about Europe while a lot of Europeans think they know a lot about America but don't. Most Europeans get their info about American culture through things like sitcoms and other series which are in a way more like parodies on American culture than representations of them.
Jasper de Groot
Yes but thats stressing my point. By America, I presume you mean USA is a country, Europe is a Continent. Spain and Portugal are imo more alike Brazil than it is England, Netherlands or Germany. Some of Turkey is even in Europe and thats a Muslim country so I imagine Christmas means nothing.
This is exactly what the Surinamese people said about the Dutch when they came here. The difference is that the knowledge the Dutch think they have about Americans is only true for a part. Especially since the culture between the US and Europe is changing rapidly.
It annoys even more is that they say and act like they know EVERYTHING about Europe while they don't know the tiniest bit about it
I´m Dutch but I never heard of that fucked up song.
BTW Sinterklaas has nothing to do with Santa Claus. It´s on the fifth of december (Saint Nick's birthday), kids get alot of gifts on that day. American Christmas is based on that. Rougly translated we call Santa, The Chrismas dude.
Damn Americans don't have a clue about Europeans, do they? I don't know about East Europe but The West is very similair to the American lifestyle (except the ammount of commercials and guns).
Je moet gewoon de humor er van inzien joh :P
Christa Verburgt I do like the humor of it, but they really think that Europe is some kind of mythical land.
i heard of that song and song it once it is wierd
This was very offensive to not only Dutch people, but Europeans in general. Maybe be a little more respectful to the cultures that lay at the roots of your own traditions and actually educate yourself. And more importantly, be respectful of the culture and traditions of your own husband.
he said "Sinterklaas? no it is santa claus!!" but in reality his santa came from the dutch sinterklaas... HMMMMMM.....
Santa Claus is in fact an 'invention' from the Coca Cola Company more or less 'stolen' from the dutch idea of the Sinterklaas tradition...
Tony van der Gaag now if that last name aint dutch. I dont now what is
@@tonyvandergaag8765 Capitalism at it's finest
Respect for cultures? Tell that to Indonesia.
Are you kidding me. It's kind of rude that she doesn't even want to try and speak Dutch or try to understand the culture. Her kids will miss a beautiful opportunity to be bilingual. I know I'm kind of biased because I'm Dutch, but still it is her husband. Not only she but also Conan has to consider that different cultures has to be respected. They both don't wanna know the actual traditions and only tell the 'funny and weird' things that come with Sinterklaas. I shouldn't be this offended, and I'm really not. But people (especially Americans) are making fun about our traditions, or ruin them by being mad about it while they have no idea what they're really about and what they mean to us. I just think they could have been, and should have been, a little more respectful about it.
Puck
Thank you!! Helemaal mee eens!
Niriel Nabokov that's not true, Dutch grammar is completely different then English grammar. Which is why most Dutch people's English is pretty crappy.. And that also goes the other way around. The ways we form sentences are completely different. Grammatically speaking, Dutch is one of the hardest languages to learn. But she's indeed a total bitch in this interview
really???? after reading all these comments, you would still be surprised?! lol. how stupid.
Actually Dutch people speak very good English in comparison to other countries. Grammatically speaking we do a lot different, but both languages share the same roots.
We dont have *Freaky* Traditions.
They are just Different than your's
that makes them freaky for americans. they're afraid of everything taht is different.
@@TeylaDex but that is how western people are. They judge everything that don't fit their norms
@@bob-uj4vn yeah, and apparently all non western people aren't better by your comment
yours in one word. And my name shows you that I am Dutch.
@@bob-uj4vn Dutch people are also a western society
what? I'm Dutch and i have nooooooo idea what they're talking about! wtf? shoes in the oven? wallnuts? Sinterklaas is not Santa.. and what was that song? not to mention Conan's accent
Is the Spain thing real??
Desirée Rodríguez Yes, it is.
The song is Zusters Karamazov by Drs. P. Very funny but definitely not a children's song
Desirée Rodríguez Yes. i think it dates back to the 80 year war of independence of the Nethelands against Spain in the 16th/17th century. Spain was depicted as a horrible place where Roman Catholic clergy used children as slaves. But... we usually tell the children that it is all not true when they are around 8/9 years old but that they must keep that a secret for younger children. To my amazement that has worked for dozens of generations.
Ronald de Rooij cool... : ) but is a song, a story??? so children there are scared of spain till they are 9!! Im coming there and tell children im from spain... : )
Conan and Christina: what’s wrong with Spain
William of orange: am I a joke to you?
What she said about Zwarte Piet and Sinterklaas has nothing to do with Santa Claus/Christmas, just so you know
Nienke Galis
Exactly, it actually does have something to do with Santa Claus. Santa Claus is based on Sinterklaas.
It's great to see people that actually know.
Also, It's not just Sinterklaas, it's also father christmas and quite a few others.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Christmas_and_winter_gift-bringers_by_country
Roy Hoeksema yeah and they also don’t get that we celebrate both Christmas and sinterklaas...
Is she sure her husband is Dutch? Because none of what she is saying is either Dutch language nor culture...
Arjan 030 Sinterklaas and zwarte Piet sure are Dutch.... for as long as it's allowed
I stand corrected. However, all the associated traditions (and language) seem Austrian or something (they have Sinterklaas too)
You my friend are a true netherland person
Well, she tried to pronounce 'Alsjeblieft' meaning 'please'. Plus, Austrian? Since when is Austrian a language? They in generally speak German over there, and Dutch has the same roots as German, so go figure. Our ancestors were basically kindred, so of course they know about our traditions.
Arjan 030 I don’t think any real dutch person would insult their country like that or take any crap like A litle puppy ( sorry Im mad) She is horibly misinformed about the dutch and even one word is to dificult to learn . This is insulting and not even correct beyond words. I suspect he is barely dutch and has probably been living in america for his whole life lewrning the language through the parents
This interview annoyed me so much, I literally lost all respect for them.
Ikr she absolutely interrupted Andy's story, it was so cringe
Come on they're just joking
Because you are impervious to comedy??
@@robertocaesar Right!? Conan is a comedian, yet, people here think he's freaking Desmond Morris. He has probably never heard Dutch spoken in his life, but he's having a go at it. He makes fun of many cultures. It's funny.
This is a comedy how chill lmfao never seen so much snowflakes.
Seeing as the Dutch have fought wars against Spain I’m guessing this is a more understandable punishment
and England and France. We where first to have and used a Marine Corps (Battle of Chatham).
We fought for our independence from Spain back in the 1500s
Well, there used to be a country called "the Spanish Netherlands", which is nowadays known as "Belgium" (+ Luxembourg and some small bits of the surrounding larger countries of France, Germany and the modern day Netherlands).
As the Sinterklaas tradition is very old, I would guess, that his assistant Zwarte Piet (= "Black Pete", who is basically the Dutch version of Krampus) took the kids to Belgium (aka the nearest "Spain" seen from the Netherlands), which is, of course, a horrible thing to do.
Despite being a lovely country with wonderful people, Belgium's capital Brussels also serves as EU headquarter, i.e. the slimy ganglion of the wretched cesspool of corruption, neo-communism and outright insanity.
They seriously DID police the curvature of cucumbers for several years, because (most) EU minions are overpaid, braindead, bored p*rvs, who haven't lifted a single finger in all their lives and would take money from Satan himself.
Even though the EU is a relatively recent construct, its demonic nature must have radiated backwards through time and made the Spanish Netherlands an utterly unattractive place.
It's odd though. Yes the Dutch had 80 years of war with Spain. But Sinterklaas lives in Spain. So it can't be that bad :)
The Dutch secured their independence from Spain during a war that took 80 (!) years to win.So being deported to Spain was, for a long period of time, a horrible punishment ;-)
I'm missing the Duke of Alba...
Duke of Alfa? ;)
Dan toch eerder Alva!
Ramon Schliszka the war spanned 100 years, though only 80 were spent fighting
oooooo
did you know that santa claus is a ripoff of "sinterklaas" ( the dutch holiday)made by cocacola
+Pentu Prager thats not true lol
its true
Santa Claus was an invention from Coco Cola look it up ;)
+John Believe Coke's propaganda. Do think; just drink.
+Pentu Prager *Do not think; just drink.
LOL! Any Dutch people besides me here? ps: I don't know that song, we have nothing with walnut!! and we don't talk like that!!
Lees maar eens wat over Drs P. Taalvirtuoos.
Ik ben niet nederlands, maar ik spreek nederlands, ik heb het gestudeerd en ik ken het liedje, maar... lijkt mij dat ze erg respectloos tegenover de cultuur van haar man is, toch? Waarom kan zij met zijn dochter Engels praten maar haar man kan niet Nederlands praten? Ze is het voorbeeld van een Amerikaan die denkt dat de VS het centrum van de wereld is... Het Nederlands is een hele mooie taal...
Actually the Dutch growers have a huge tradition with walnuts. They made more types of walnut than anyone else and there is an extant collection of them second to none. Nowadays not so popular though, that is true and unfortunate.
The song is called Gezuster Kazamarov by Drs. P.
@@THEAnnEla Bedankt voor het compliment en ik ben het helemaal met je eens.👍🏻
“Sinterklaas” existed since the 1100s santa claus is a copy of sinterklaas, also were not germans ffs 😂
Sinterklaas came from a German pagan tradition actually.
@@a-dutch-z7351nope its a christian germanic holiday we celebrate the great things saint nicholas has done in his life. also it is from the dutch side of germania so its dutch not german
@@Grechje No it is of German Pagan folklore Krampus in the Alps, look it up on YT and you will see the similarities. The Dutch remade it based on our Spanish history.
Teaching the daughter a funny violent adult's song is a perfect way to get back at his wife who doesn't allow him to speak to his child in his own mother's tongue.
indeed. too bad i don't know how it goes
Walnut? on a pillow? ... this interview is so weird. as a dutch person I do feel slightly offended, they are making fun of us even if she said she isnt
You should correct "as a Dutch person" to "as an easily offended person". The walnut thing was obviously a humorous hyperbole about a strange and austere foreign custom that he made up on the spot, not "this is actually what we think Dutch people do".
Sam M. I said slightly offended, and i'm actually a very easy breezy person. so no, not going to change what I said. I feel what i feel, can't help it
Wow if you get offended then grow some skin man. Serious. Nothing to be offended by
Iris van herpt slightly?? enormous
LOL "their take on Christmas". Christmas is the American take on Sinterklaas. It's the other way around.
No it isn't Santa claus came from Sinterklaas ;-) you americans got the wrong date haha
Luperdye It's a fact, not "could be". Christmas is a Sinterklaas ripoff.
Erike1999 haaa trueeee
Luperdye in holland yeah but Americans have put it together
Drm Santa Claus en sinterklaas😂😂😂😂
2:22 wtf, one does not simply speak over Andy's story like that
So disrespectful, I guess it's all about her! Now we know.
Mats Nyman you said it
she's the guest.
@@jayweh so
@@Njx063 guests have guest privilege. 😊
But isn't Sinterklaas aka Santa Claus from the Netherlands? The tradition was brought over by Dutch immigrants to the American colonies. lol "Our Santa is better!" Oh the irony
Sinterklaas and Santa Claus are two different things. they are both based on Sint Nicolas
Sinterklaas is the same as saint Nicholaas and are used interchangeably in the Netherlands. Santa Claus is based on saint Nicholas - an old man with a weird suit and a white beard giving presents.
Yep
Shannon "*It's SANTA*" ~dumbass
Shannon u got to see them as brothers, they are not the same and not even based i think.
Silly woman knows so little about culture and traditions of the Netherlands.
@@milanclefas6916 no
Milan Clefas my friend always said that belgium was south Holland i always punched him when he said that
We aint like that, we celebrate both Sinterklaas and Santa Claus in December. Also the American Santa Claus is derived from the Dutch Sinterklaas. Too bad they don't know that.
Only the name is. The character is mostly the English figure of Father Christmas, which is in turn just a version of Germanic pagan Yule traditions and his appearance is pretty much based on an avatar of Odin.
Ze zijn te vol van zichzelf om daar over na te denken
And now is whole Belgium and the Nederlands pist off😂😂😂
Sick engels
Belguim isn't Dutch its flemish and they where clearly talking aubout netherlands
glendepoorter 1 belgium was part of the netherlands for hunderds of years so they are technically dutch
Ilja Leunissen inderdaad, ze claimen ook nog een eigen land te zijn maar zijn nog niet eens origineel, ze praten Frans en Nederlands
@@iljaleunissen7950 no they arent flemish and dutch people are different in so many ways. But we are the best of friends because we all know sinterklaas is better than santa claus.
The name 'santa claus' was inspired by the Dutch name 'sinterklaas'
Yeah but mostly because of Saint Nicholas
@@ricardo_boutique sinterklaas = saint nicolas its just a translation
so denying a child half of it’s heratige is a "funny" thing ... feel bad for the dad ... dutch is a beautifull language ... the way she said Sinterklaas made me cringe so hard
All hail Stannis the mannis
What I heard was, "Since I don't speak Dutch, I'm not going to let my child be bilingual." That kid has a *perfect* opportunity to be fluent in two languages. It just sickens me that some people can be that selfish. Obviously it's her kid and she can do whatever she wants, but that doesn't make it moral.
Guess you've never seen the studies about raising children bilingually, or how doing so increases brain growth and development tremendously, as well as increases social skills. And hey, of course there's no value in learning to form thoughts and concepts in another language, with it's own unique way of phrasing (thus having an effect on the nature and aspect of those thoughts and concepts), right? /s
Fool.
the amount of people who didn't educate themselves before talking about the Dutch/the Netherlands are surprisingely high, educate yourself before you rek yourself
The song is called "De zusters Karamazov" and its a song made by Drs. P
I love the song!
ok! bedankt
And this is definitely NOT a childrens song. She does have a husband with a great sense of humor. Drs. P. is the best!
@@mariodriessen9740 I used to sing it for my children and even with another mom at the primary schools open mic. Drs P and Annie M.G Schmidt, gotta love 'm!
@@mariodriessen9740 kinderen houden best van gruwelijke sprookjes en liedjes :-)
ruclips.net/video/JXhu6WZUPUY/видео.html
@@martinehermans6661 ; Tuurlijk! En van humor. Die van mij zijn er niet slechter op geworden (ik moet je linkje nog wel even bekijken). 😬
Just to clear things up:
1. The modern figure of Santa Claus is derived from the Dutch figure of Sinterklaas, whose name is a dialectal pronunciation of Saint Nicholas. So Santa Clause actually comes from a dutch tradition, but americans gave it a different name and made it more commercial.
2. Sinterklaas has helpers 'Zwarte Pieten', which is now seen as a racist thing, especially in other countries (because they don't know the history behind it).
The history of 'Zwarte Piet' is actually that when he was a slave, Sinterklaas freed him and 'Zwarte Piet' was so thankful that he wanted to stay loyal to Sinterklaas and help him with helping more people, especially children. So he voluntarily stayed. But I understand very well that because of the history and how he looks like, people feel offended. The Netherlands is now changing the way Zwarte Piet looks, so like no golden earrings anymore & some even have different colors like yellow, white or blue.
3. The last thing I want to say is, especially to Americans, please do your research about the Netherlands (and actually whole Europe). It has a lot of history and culture, which should be studied before making such weird statements. Cause this conversation is just full of ignorance.
Coca Cola heeft het aangepast voor hun reclame
yafuga imani Oh and to add: The zwarte pete's are not staying voluntarily, they wórk there and get payed. On t.v. you regulary see them travel on their own, having their own stuff, normal lives and théy decide where they go or what they do. They don't work for free.
Yes unfortunately Sinterklaas is not as fun as it was as back in the day
Zwarte Piet isn't "considered" racist. it is racist. Usually is when you have a character whose race is in his name. And tell the people why they get taken to Spain.
Saint Nicholas had nothing to do with Netherlands. SN was Turkish. Ignorant spreading misinformation.
The ignorance begins in grouping Europe as just one thing.
Sinterklaas is the original: a Turkish bishop who freed slaves by giving them a job and a status. And each year, he celebrates his birthday with handing out toys to children who behaved themselves. He should be a hero! The American Santa Claus on the other hand was invented by Coca Cola...glad I'm Dutch.
yeah.. so he freed slaves by enslaving them himself and having them climb through chimneys and hand out presents which he doesn't do himself, while santa clause does hand out gifts AND let his elfs be his helpers instead of their slaves. Christmas is better than Sinterklaas in every way.. Maar dat is mijn mening. Sinterklaas is sowieso een feest voor de kindjes en Nederlanders zijn zo enorm trots op hun tradities.. wat neerkomt op.. op alleen dit feest.
Gregory mantonios but he goes along on his white horse 'bad-weather-today', he's just to old to go down the chimney himself (he's like 300 years old) so the freed black pete's help him. Like they don't want to make toys all year and bring joy to little kids that have been really nice. Some people need to listen to Bart Peeters some more.
Gregory mantonios "Christmas is better than Sinterklaas in every way" dat is geen mening vriend. als je had gezegt I think Christmas is ........ dan was het een mening geweest.
Mooier had ik het niet kunnen verwoorden! 👍
This is not really true. Sinterklaas is part Germanic part Christian, just like Christmas is. In a lot of areas in Europe(The Netherlands/Belgium, Germany, Austria, France etc) Saint Nicolas(Christian part) had a helper, who was a really scary devil-like creature(Germanic part). That creature was black, sometimes had horns and other devil-like features and he whipped naughty children with sticks.
In the 19th century, a Dutch teacher from Amsterdam, named Jan Schenkman, thought this devil-like creature was too scary for children, in his opinion that was not good for the wellbeing of children and made Black Pete man, so he remained black. Since there were no Black men in Amsterdam, he based the looks on(made cartoons off) different black men from all around the world. Unfortunately he chose the look of African boys from paintings from the 17th century, which were in hindsight not okay. To be fair, he had no idea.
The look of Black Pete(Zwarte Piet) was ment well, but we, Dutch People should have changed the look like we changed the cartoon of Tin Tn in Afrika and Sjors and Sjimmie over 50 years ago. One of the songs, invented by the same Jan Schenkman, says "weest toch gerust mijn kind, ik ben een goede vrind, ookal ben ik zwart als roet, meen het toch goed". This means he is black as soot, which is a saying like green as grass, so its not litteraly black from going through the chimney. He is in fact black from birth, and he should not be a charicature or a servant.
Anyway, Black Pete could and should have been okay, but it isnt because of racist, stupid people, who keep insisting he is not a racist charicature and he is only black because of soot in the chimney. Thats a lie offcourse. He was not meant to be, but he is, and he should have been adapted, like the songs hitting naughty childrenb or shipping naughty in bags to Spain; all that has been adapted over the last 50 years.
Also, be wary: Dutch and Deutsch has been mixed up. The Pennsylvania Dutch are actually the Pennsylvania Deutsch, which are Germans. The Dutch are from Holland, The Low Lands or the Netherland, which is a Germanic country, and borders Germany. I know its hard, but be careful.
PS: Drs. P rocks. Your husband knows his art, Christina. Its not for children though;) And not for young people, its rather old.
Teaching my children songs by Drs. P. and convincing my american spouse that that was the staple for Dutch music is exactly what I'd do tbh. I hope he also taught them "Dodenrit/ troika hier, troika daar" About a Russian family riding through Siberia and singing happily while tossing their kids off the sleigh to be eaten by wolves. It's really quite lovely.
The song she's talking about is not a children's song, it's a wonderful humorous song by the great Swiss/Dutch poet Drs. P who sadly passed away about a year ago. He had a very interesting way of speaking and a dark sense of humor that's in many of his songs. The song is titled "De zusters Karamazov" and indeed describes how one sister tries to poison the other but ends up killing herself after they inherit a bunch of nightgowns which tears apart their good relationship as both sisters want to keep all the nightgowns for themselves.
He spoke as if he came out of the 19th century - at the latest.
thanks for giving info about his i was really confused about where she got that song from, i had never heard of it
wow, umh for someone's who's married to a dutch person she sure shows little interest and appreciation of the dutch culture. She even got all her facts wrong about sinterklaas.
+Slytherinsterek Right, how awful is that? And the fact she's denying her child learning her father's language just so she doesn't feel left out? That's literally the definition of a bad parent - putting your petty foibles above what's best for your children.
+Tom THANK YOU. That is exactly what I mean, to be honest it disgusts and offends me to a personal level. In what world does she think she lives that she can just completely ignore her husband's culture, language and origins for her own benefit? and then start spreading lies about it on national television? Ugh
Slytherinsterek I share your disgust my dear - and I'm not Dutch, but after living in Amsterdam and discovering what a wonderful culture it is, it bothers me even more. Not that that matters really - it's terrible to deny a child their cultural heritage, whatever that might be.
And yet her husband was watching at home and having a good laugh because he has a *sense of humor*.
These people onstage are involved comedy, and definitely know better. In fact, these are pretty mild jokes they decided to run with.
Different cultures find different things amusing.
+Martin Alexander oh I knew it was humor!
Don't get me wrong, my comment wasn't made as some butthurt Dutch person whose pride was hurt, no it's just that I find that they handeled our culture in a very disrespectful way. It's fine to make jokes about our culture, tbh I can really enjoy it when the Netherlands totally gets owned, but I don't like insulting jokes when there's no truth in them. I mean, would she haved joked about something we actually do I would have found it to be funny (of course when it's done respectfully) but the fact is that she doesn't. The only thing she really does is give some unfunny and mostly false facts about the Netherlands and insult her husband. Like I get how this is meant to be funny, but it's just not? The show went for quick easy "humor", while with a little more effort they could have actually made jokes about the weird shit we do (bc we really do some weird shit). I mean I don't mind people making fun of Dutch culture at all, more like the opposite please drag our asses I love that shit, but it needs to be done right.
As a dutch person I find this a little offensive. Conan acts like 'the American way' is the ONLY way. And no, we celebrate Christmas just as much America celebrates Christmas. Get your facts straight, Co.
I know, I don't take him that seriously. But I didn't think it was a funny joke. Well, overall I like Conan tho.
don't cry it's funny
Daniël Schoemaker I'm not crying. Your opinion.
To be fair, noone really knows what the fuck goes on in our country, outside of our country lol.
It's a Late Night Show! He was only joking. That's what Late Night hosts do!
Random video over Nederland
Nederlanders in de comments:
G E K O L O N I S E E R D
*happy frikandlbroodje noises*
Wtf she is talking about the dutch culture but has it all wrong
She should learn Dutch,it is a beautiful language.My husband is Dutch and his accent is amazing!
Thank you!
hahahhaha xD I'm from Amsterdam and I was like wtf are they talking about. omg the amount of ignorance and stupidity.. xD
The Dutch are very direct, almost rude for some lol. But they are highly educated. The Netherlands is 1 of the richest countrys in the world. With the best healthcare in the world. Compared to The Netherlands the U.S. is a 3th world country. Serious.
except with the liberal politics you have to let the 3rd world walk in and have it all or you are very racist nazis
De gezondheids zorg is Duitsland is beter dan in NL
Christine, Please don´t rob your daughter of her Dutch heritage just because you´re feeling insecure, left out, for no reason. She deserves to be able to speak both of her native languages. Martijn zorg er AUB voor dat jullie kind ook Nederlands leert.
Whoeha! Goed zo, je hebt helemaal gelijk, elk kind dat meerdere talen mee kan krijgen, moet dit zeker van de ouders leren.
Wow, what a selfish reason for not letting her daughter learn Dutch...
Especially when you think about the fact that once someone has learned a foreign language, learning a third or more is much easier. Learning a language is a kind of mind set.
Whoah there... you're taking it seriously? You know how this works right? Maybe you don't...that's fair.
Guests on the show exaggerate or change up things to make a fun story. It's not that she literally won't let her kid learn dutch...
The funny part though is that without OUR Dutch Sinterklaas (Who is based on the Turkish bishop St. Nicolas.) the Americans wouldn't even have had any Santa Claus. When the Dutch settlers went off to 'the new world' which has become America they took Sinterklaas with them as a tradition,(Which by the way gets celebrated on 5th december in The Netherlands and on 6th December in Belgium.) and over the years Sinterklaas got combined with 2 other caracters (1 being the German 'Father Christmas') and formed into Santa Clause. And then in 1934 Coca Cola made him into the guy everybody knows now. (And thats also the reason why Santa is in the same colours as the Coca Cola-logo.)
And THAT are the simple facts.
It should be the 5th for both countries as when Sinterklaas was first celebrated Belgium and the Netherlands were one country...
In the Netherlands we have a kind of funny dark comedy and it was at one time very popular in songs. The song she's talking about is "De Gezusters Kamarazov" (The Sisters Karamazov), a play on the book by Dostojewski, by Drs. P. Another example is "Dodenrit" (Death Ride), by the same singer. It's about a Russian family on their way to Omsk, but they get chased by wolves, so they have to throw their children off the troika to keep the wolves away. They start with the least talented one, but the wolves keep coming back, so they have to keep throwing their children off. Drs. P was inspired by Louis Davids, who sang songs about all day themes, but with funny dark undertones. There's one example named "De Begrafenis van Ome Manus" (The Burial of Uncle Manus). In this song a rich man has died, but he has many descendants who start to kill each other over the heritage. Another example is "Weekend in Scheveningen", where the chorus is about happy like "Yeah, we're going to the beach in Scheveningen. The sky is blue, the sea is warm in Scheveningen!", but in the verses the family irritate each other and they start beating each other to death. It may be strange to some people, but I think it's funny as hell.
Fun fact: Christina mentions 'Sinterklaas' which is kind of what christmas is to US Americans, and the word 'Santa Claus' derives from 'Sinterklaas'.
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No moron, read before replying. YOU are ignorant. I said the name Santa Claus derives from Sinterklaas.
***** No it doesn't. Santa Claus derives directly from Saint Nicholas which derives from Sanctus Nicolaus. Sinterklaas derives from Sint-Nicolaas via Saint Nicolas which derives again from Sanctus Nicolaus. Sanctus Nicolaus is latin translation of Hagios Nikólaos.
And in all it's just a catholic renaming of jultomte/julgubbe/julenisse/yule goat, common in everywhere in Europe.
Wild Hunt Trumpeter
No, Santa Claus (the idea as well as the name) is directly based off Sinterklaas. Sinterklaas comes from Sint Nicolaas (Saint Nicolas). Sanctus Nicolaus is Latin btw, just a 'translation' of the *same* name.
InsomnicNarcoleptic
Het is ons duidelijk in het Engels, en het wordt er niet kloppender op in het Nederlands vertaald.
'Sinterklaas' is hoe wij al eeuwen de beste man gebruikelijk noemen, en de Amerikanen hebben dat zo overgenomen; hun eigen variatie van gemaakt. Dit staat geheel los van het feit dat Sint Nicolaas Hagios Nikolaus in het Turks is of Sanctus Nicolaus in Latijn. En als je even nadenkt klinkt 'Santa Claus' ook veel meer als Sinterklaas dan Sint Nicolaas.
+paddotk Sinterklaas is actually something that is less made up than Santa. It's from the Dark Ages where a priest or saint would go to a village and give kids presents since they were always working. If the kid doesn't behave he takes him to Spain and teach them how to be nice. Santa is just a advertising, kapitalised as fuck, made up fat man... also dutch people still do Christmas the same way as Muricans do since Sinterklaas is until december 5th in the Netherlands
Sinterklaas is a old tradition started back in 1427. Even before Columbus discovered the "new world" 1492.
It is even a much older tradition. The origin lies is the northern yöll tradition which is a tradition bases on the Norwegian mythology!
and they say it’s derived from Christmas
Nah you trippen it started in 1800
It's impossible to make Americans understand 'Sinterklaas' is - not - our Christmas celebration. It's completely separate. It would be like saying Halloween is your Christmas celebration.
well its not really. Its like saying Halloween is their version of Sint maarten
Sinterlaas+christmas= presents (why lots of foreigners confuse them)
Sint maarten+halloween= sweets (why that would be a better example)
But I agree, most will never understand. But thats like most traditions, if you dont have that tradition you try and compare it to something you know.
DDnufcGamer No, because halloween is kinda like their version of sint-maarten, they don't celebrate sin-maarten intself
As a person who's lived in The Netherlands her whole life, the pronounce of every dutch words they say is absolutely to die for. I could not stop laughing and I so appreciate Christina for trying to speak Dutch. Because it is hard. It is a difficult language. If I would marry an American man or a man from any other foreign country and we decide to live there and not in The Netherlands. I will make sure our kid(s) speak Dutch from the moment they start talking.
"I love it when the Europeans have a different take on Christmas."
Well. Firstly, Sinterklaas, which is not the same as Christmas came first! How ignorant to say that! Do your homework!
And if that woman her husband is Dutch, why does she tell it like it's all morbid, it's not like that.
I'm an African who lives in the Netherlands, although I personally think the idea of zwarte piet is racist but in their defence, the Dutch's take on it seems to be completely innocent...
Robin Visser Dear god, Conan is obviously just acting stupid like he normally does on his show in order to make his guest shine. It's meant to be funny, not to be an accurate view on the ethics and history of the Dutch society. I hate it when people watch comedy and only get offended when something directly targets them... Learn to put things in perspective...
If an American doesn't even know that "Santa Clause" is just a commercial Coca-Cola made mixup from Father Christmas + Sinterklaas (two different holidays, two different saints, two different stories) than maybe he should just keep it a bit quiet.
Your big apple once was called "New York" by the British after they bought it as "New Amsterdam" from the Dutch. But hey... We are just the capital of Danmark isn't it? I'm gonna put my wooden shoes next to my tullips and take a nap now. LOL
#Netherlands #KnowYourHistory #Heineken #Philips #KLM #Shell #KPMG #Unilever
fun fact: spain was once a long time enemy of the dutch. Being taken to spain was like being a POW.
no they weren', at least in the eyes of willem van oranje, like what was written in our anthem. only the king of spain saw him or us (i dont remember) like a threat or something, then the king hired balthazar gerards to kill willem van oranje...
@@daanverbaandert3235 well i suppose the 80 year war didn't happen then. well okay then!
@@steefwolf7727 i never said it didn’t, all I said was that in the eyes of Willem van oranje they weren’t
@@daanverbaandert3235 so now willem van oranje is the complete dutch populace, nice.
@@steefwolf7727 no
Why did you marry a Dutch man if you are not interested in the culture of his land and worse not even in the language which is his mothertongue and should be passed on to your child(ren), since it is their origins. What a lack of culture and understanding. Learn about history before commenting. The song is an adult song and is ment as a joke. And saying that I appreciated your acting in 'Surviving Christimas'.
his looks
Hmm I'm Dutch but never heard of that childerens song....
And Sinterklaas is not the same as Christmas. We celebrate Sinterklaas on the 5th of December and Christmas on 25-26th of December. Like the rest of the world.
Sinterklaas is a typical Dutch holiday, with a holy man (Sinterklaas) who gives free presents to poor children. So it is not a demon ;-). And we use the sentence about going to Spain if the kids won't listen to you around Sinterklaas. You will say: "If you don't listen to mummy, Sinterklaas will know and put you in his bag to Spain!" I know I listened to my mum when I was younger ;-)
I'm 50% Dutch from America. My dad is 100% and I did not know that. So thanks for informing me! They did seem a little rude in this interview.
Gezusters Karamazov van Drs.P . Graag gedaan.
In that case your name is probably Jill de Wit and not Jill dewit
AFCA 1900 Yes, but I live in America and last names are capitalized. However, you are right there is a space. My grandpa spells it like that.
Tussenvoegsels ftw! A 'tussenvoegsel' is the (uncapitalised) word(s) before our last names. In our case "de" but "van de", "van", "van der", "van het" and "van 't" appear frequently as well. They're not officially part of your last name, which is why it's not capitalised. My last name "de Lange" is therefore officially filed under L and your last name in the original spelling starts with a W in the Netherlands. So our last names are kinda special. :)
Hang on, Conan. Sinterklaas was first (saint nicholas) and then the Americans took this character and moved it from december 6th to christmas and made it some kind of christmas figure.
I grew up in a Dutch Church denomination. Sinter Klaas was portrayed as a Bishop with a shepherd's crook and wore a blue robe. My family still has a connection to The Netherlands through the church despite having moved to North America in 1627. This despite our French Huguenot ancestors arrival in 1653 and 6 other European ethnic groups before or since then.
Dutch isn't that hard to speak if you are willing to put forth the effort in learning it.
Hahahaha conan think it's a spin on Christmas, it where their Christmas came from xd without Sinterklaas there would not be a Santa Claus.
You do realize St. Nicholas was a Greek bishop and the magical man bearing gifts in midwinter originates from Germanic paganism and Odin? Americans just got the name "Santa Claus" as a loan from the Dutch. Without Sinterklaas there would totally be a Santa Claus, they'd just still call him Father Christmas.
Sam M. *Turkish
*Greek. Modern day Turkey was culturally and ethnically Greek until waaaay after St. Nick died. This is like when people try to claim that Alexander the Great was Slavic not Greek cos modern day FYR of Macedonia is Slavic. No. Migration is a thing.
+HasselnodderTube when st nicholas was born, there was not even a turkish ethnicity.. ur stupidity is in another level...
Sam M. What I was trying to say was that the Dutch people, who migrated to the US, were the ones that started it for Americans. Also the "celebration" of Sinterklaas only happens in the Netherlands and Belgium now a days.
I am Dutch and I am not offended at all. Just disappointed she has no interest in her own husband heritage and seems to kind of ridicule it, seems weird to me.
Also when it's Sinter Klaas not Sinter Klaus. And when Conan said it's Santa claus get with the program i just thought, if you knew that Santa Claus is actually based on Sinter Klaas and would probably not exist otherwise, certainly not the way he is now. It's sort of a joke but also a bit of arrogance when he said that. And the taking back to Spain stems from the early years of Sinter Klaas, back then even the English made up songs to scare kids straight, that's not a weirdly dutch thing.
About the kids song I never heard of that song in my life. That is just one of those weird songs that they make up in the corners of Holland or really old songs, because it isn't a popular dutch kid song at all.
Why does Sintar Klaas take the kids to Spain? Is this something to do with the Bourbon dynasty trying to achieve hegemony over the Netherlands?
badger5079 Well don't know the official reason but I would guess to scare kids straight. And it's Spain because that's where they say Sinter Klaas is from.
weet je wat het is met amerika, ze zijn zo egoistisch en denken alleen maar aan zichzelf dat is het beeld dat iedereen van amerika heft en het is niet zo gek want dit filmpje bewijst het. ps niet iedereen in amerika maar een grote deel wel.
Sean Marlisa
Ja zoals je zegt dat is zeker de beeld die je van de Amerikanen krijgt. Het zijn ze niet allemaal inderdaad maar wel vaak de genen die op tv te zien zijn.
Sean Marlisa Dit is echt grote onzin.
It's confusing for americans when we talk about 'Sinterklaas'. They think we're talking about 'Santa Claus' but that is not true. 'Sinterklaas' is a mythical man who supposedly lives in Spain and who brings presents and candy for children on december 6th (in Belgium) and september 5th (in Holland). He has multiple assistants who are called 'zwarte piet'. So 'Piet' is a Dutch name, and 'zwarte' means black. So he's 'zwarte piet' because he crawls through chimneys to deliver the toys and candy in childrens homes and that's why he's black. 'Sinterklaas' is actually based on an ancient Germanic feast. 'Santa Claus' is called 'Kerstman' in Dutch and there's no difference between the american and Dutch/Belgian 'Kerstman'. He brings presents on Christmas.
+Mario X. Also, Santa Claus was actually based on Sinterklaas. The dutch Kerstman is based on Santa Claus.
+Mario X.
Well not Mythical. Its was a young men called Nikolaos from Myra
today's Turkey. When his parents died and left him with a lot of money, which he did a lot of good with. He moved in with his uncle an became a priest, eventually a bishop and after he died a Saint.
In the legends he is a benefactor to children from praying them back alive, saving them from a butcher how made meat from them
Most famous is the poor man with 3 daughter and no dowery and would most likely stay single the rest of their live and being assumed to be prostiutes. To save them humiliation Dear O'l Nik would secretly trew in 1 purse money trough the window when a daughter became of aged to be married. When the 3 daughter was going to be the father wanted to know how the kind man was. Nik went on the roof and threw the purse trough the chimney and ended up falling in a stocking hanging there to dry.
Santa little helpers?
those where thieve how where that Nikolaos try to "save"
and the Gift?
Those where the stolen goods returning to the rightfull owners or those in need.
(Well that is a way to long responds and but it was fun to look it up again. Special with the whole debate here in Holland coming up.)
+Mario X. nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolaas_van_Myra
+Mario X. December 5th in Holland...
+Mario X. The true story is very different. Some key factors: Santa Claus is based on an Irish myth and Sinterklaas. The "zwarte pieten" were not in fact his helpers but his slaves (mind you the myth originates in the 1500's when slaves were one of the primary sources of health for the then called Dutch Republic. These slaves were black and hence the colour reference, nothing to do with chimneys, that's just some fantasy we tell the kids. It is also not based upon a Germanic feast, it is based on Saint Nicholas or Nikolaos of Myra. There are also tiny differences in the Christmas version (Santa), but those quickly diverge to a discussion about semantics so I won't go in to that here.
She says he’s from Amsterdam while actually he’s from Vlaardingen 💀
Nederlandse en Belgische tradities forever!!! :DDD
***** De Gezusters Karamazov van Drs. P
I think it's rather hilarious that he thinks that Dutch children don't get much for Sinterklaas. I think there is no country in the world where children are spoiled as much in the period between the arrival of Sinterklaas in the Netherlands in November, and Christmas.
The arrival of Sinterklaas is on 12 November this year, and children get (small) presents and candy in their shoe every night until the Sinterklaas celebration on December 5th. So that's a small present every night for over three weeks. Let that sink in for a bit.
Then there's the Sinterklaas celebration, which means that the children receive a HUGE jute gunny bag stuffed with presents and candy. Nowadays in many families they even get multiple sacks! So that's 3 weeks of presents and candy every night + huge huge sack full of presents.
And THEN we ALSO celebrate Christmas with (often) presents under the Christmas tree, similar to the USA. Those presents they do not receive from Sinterklaas (Saint Nicholas), who's already back in Spain, chilling out on the beach, but from the Kerstman (meaning Christmas man), who is exactly the same as your Santa.
So in fact, children here don't het a walnut, but over the top, triple spoilation with many extras. So Dutch children are the last children in the world you should feel sorry for during Christmas time. They're some very very very lucky little bastards!
Obviously there are also poor kids here, who don't get that much, because their parents can't afford it. I'm talking about middle and upper class families here.
True a great way for businesses to make money. The English have a saying when you shake hands with a Dutch man on completing a business deal, count your fingers. Dutch are great business people.
thanks and that from farmers:p
and amber you know that we have people that gather toy's for children that have lesser money?
Hahaha, I'm Dutch and this is hilarious, thank you. I have no idea where the walnut thing came from but it was really funny.
alexanderje pepernoten denk ik
oh serieus omg pepernoten
gekke amerikanen
hahaha, ik dacht ook echt 'waar heeft die gast het over' hahahaha
Americans think the Dutch eat cheese, tulips and space-cake all day. And some of them think Amsterdam is a country. Christina' s saying her husband is from Amsterdam but he is actually from Vlaardingen. What a shame.
Stahp interrupting Andy... I wanted to hear his travel story
The Dutch actually don't speak like that, we're not German!
the german don't actually speak like that either.
Lot of love for andy from people here lol and i agree, let him talk because he can make a segment come to life with just one sentence!
I agree with you as well, but why do people make fake youtube accounts? It's kinda funny at first. I just don't get it, I guess.
BOB LOBLAW Is your real name bob loblaw? and you really look like your picture in real life? I dont think so
You thought wrong, friend :)
I love how arrogant Americans can be when they talk about Europe😂😂😂
Its funny how they are all mostly European
Terwijl de kater sliep,
en de pendule liep
en de kanarie sprak:
"Tsjiep, tsjiep, tsjiep, tsjiep".
Geweldig, love it!
Sinterklaas is an entirely different Dutch holiday, Conan. Zwarte Piet belongs with the 'Sinterklaas' holiday, not with Christmas.
I am afraid that this is way too complex for Onan O'Brien to grasp.
No one cares. Welcome to the internet.
Ash The Mohican he probably doesn't care that nobody cares, welcome to the netherlands
Santaclause is actually Sinterklaas, in america they erased the original story about the Turkish saint and combined it with that other saint, jesus.
Then, it was commercialized a lot, like coca cola had a big influence on his appearence.
But indeed, it's a totally different kind of day, but the person is the same. And in holland we use slaves instead of elfs X-D
well, niet echt een Nederlands feest xD er zyn nog veel andere landen, als niet byna alle Europese landen die Sinterklaas vieren :p
Haha oh Amerika. Thinking you've got good original traditions, while most of them originate from Europe :)
Arne Bosma you *do* realize there's no trophy for that... right?
Ah, yes. The Netherlands. Obviously famous for its flourishing WALNUT INDUSTRY.
You’re wrong it’s about tulips,poffertjes, Alkmaarse kaas,wooden shoes, windmills oliebollen, Appel beignets, kroketten, watermanagement like the Deltawerken we’re the best of the world and for inventing donuts. Don’t forget it yes? Almost forget without the Netherlands New York doesn’t issist
@@dutchlady3710 Do I have to r/woooosh you? Lol
@@peepeevs Unfortunately some Dutch people don't recognize sarcasm.
@@apep7188 they where both dutch tho
this is so offending to dutch people...
Mwoah not really, I laughed about it actually. We Dutch have thick skins :) And yes some of our traditions are a bit silly...
Not really. Found it very funny! Especially because Conan has no idea what he is talking about and just mixes up different European traditions, which have nothing to do with the Dutch Sinterklaas at all.. i.e. I've never heard of anything with walnuts in december... Probably some German tradition..
Gimme a break. I'm Dutch and laugh about it. You can make fun of any nationality, but these days too many people feel offended for every single bit of mockery. It's kinda pathetic.
dat awkward moment waarneer je engels praat tegen iemand die ook nederlands spreekt nee maar hoe ze het zegt en er grappen over maakt ...meh ^^
Jammer dat je nederlands op niet veel trekt.
Why do they look so disgusted when talking about other countries?
Does anybody know what song she's talking about? (Heeft iemand een flauw idee over welk liedje ze praat?)
It's from the Dutch singer Drs. P. The name of the song is De zusters Karamazov (De gezusters Karamazov/De twee tantes).
brossie06
Nooit van gehoord...
Waarom leert-ie dat kind niet gewoon "Zeg Roodkapje waar ga je heen"? ;)
waarschijnlijk werd ze gewoon getrolled door haar man ;p
gezusters karamazov
De tering wat zijn die Murricans stom.. Toen ik hoorde dat ze getrouwd is met een Nederlander dacht ik: awww yeah! maar het hele stuk daarna WTF.
Holland (two provinces) are a part of the Netherlands (the country) and Conan making no diffirence between Holland/the Netherlands and the EU is kinda retarded... like nothing else beyond his world (which is no larger than USA) doesn't matter/exists/is strange. Also, making fun of things and saying the Americans have (invented) better hollidays, not knowing/realising most of the American things are at least based on the EU country's (like the Netherlands, England and Germany).
I wished I dídn't watch this.. lost a lot of respect for both of them.
00:15 the way she pronounce "the netherlands" is so weird like wtf
I think she wanted to go for "Nederland" but just couldn't do it haha
Strawberry: Exactly what i was thinking while watching! 👌✌️