European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 12, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 20 the stars and stripes faces n places saturday november 12,1994 dutch City strives to from the associated press no milk and cookies await Santa clans in the Northern dutch City of Assn. Santa Claus beat it on your Sleigh. Back to your House in the . Of a.," sings a country band the amazing sugar waffles. Signs bearing prohibitive red slashes Over images of Christmas Trees and Reindeer appear on streets leading into Assen warning against any Santa Claus shenanigans until after the traditional Celebration Ofsink erklans on dec. 5. Christmas comes earlier and earlier each year Marjolein Kerk Laan a member of the Assen sinter Klaas committee said thursday. We Are concerned that our dutch tradition is being Christmas and sinter Klaas offer different visions Oft. Nicholas. Sinter Klaas celebrates his legendary arrival in the Netherlands after an arduous boat trip from Turkey in the Middle Ages. What started As a religious festival became a popular family Celebration in the 18th Century. Each year St. Nicholas togged in his Bishop s red Mantle and White Miter arrives by boat in dutch cities and towns escorted by moorish servants All named Black children Are told hell drop gifts Down their chimneys if they be behaved Well that year. The same St. Nicholas whom the dutch Revere disbelieved to have evolved into the Reindeer driving Santa Claus. But that does nothing to endear him to sinter Klaas fans. -. " Santa Claus is becoming Tod popular and it is the americanization of our society that people Are afraid of said Wim Kunst of the rents Gro Ninghe pers the local paper. Barney theme Park planned Barney is getting his own Jurassic Park. Universal studios Florida is planning to open a Day in the Park with Barney next summer a 60,000-Square-foot attraction devoted to the chortling purple Dinosaur. The Barney Park will include a 350-seat enclosed Heater and an interactive game area Tom Williams president and chief operating officer of Universal studios Florida told a new York news conference thursday. He did riot disclose the Cost of building the Park. A. Us. and his sidekicks baby Bop and by will make appearances several times daily. Admission to the Barney area will be included in the regular them Park ticket Price. Stones stick to Rock basics even after 30 years together the rolling stones Haven t Young and in the Money California lotto millionaire Terry Dill right talks about How hell spend his new Fortune As Kevin be pens listens at a Mcdonald s in Bakersfield Calif. Dill who is a senior at Boron High school and who just turned 18 on sunday won $3.7 million on wednesday in the California lottery. Strayed from the basics sex drugs and Rock v Roll. I m afraid that s still there Mick Jagger said in an interview with 60 minutes that will be broadcast sunday in the United states. I think that Rock n Roll is still very much of that sexuality. I think the audience you know still takes a lot of drugs. And Rock n Roll you have to but Jagger guitarist Keith Richards and drummer Charlie Watts the three remaining original stones said some things have changed since the group was formed in the 60s. There Are More aches and pains and less androgyny. Yeah when you re Young is a time that you Are rather androgynous looking Jagger said. But that a i think something for when you re Young. And i Don think that that really continues when you get older. Because you define yourself letters to Santa Santa s starting to make his annual list of Good boys and girls. And he s ready to receive children s letters and wish lists too if you Send your Christmas wish list to the stars and stripes Well make sure you get a personal reply from the Jelly old Elf plus each letter writer will have his or her name appear in the stars and stripes beginning in november. Santa Claus the stars and stripes Apoate 09211 nobody does it better
