Dutch children meet St. Nicholas via drive-in

Dutch kids meet St. Nicholas via drive-ins

Locator: Apeldoorn, The Netherlands

Father of Christmas and his helpers

distributed presents to excited children

at a socially distanced drive-in

(SOUNDBITE) (Dutch) BLACK PETE IMPERSONATOR, NIENKE SPRUIT, SAYING:"We wanted to adapt in order to make it fun for everybody and keep everybody happy. That's what we're doing it for."

Actors playing "Black Pete"

also tried to address the controversy surrounding their character

(SOUNDBITE) (Dutch) BLACK PETE IMPERSONATOR, NIENKE SPRUIT, SAYING: "It's no longer appropriate to be completely covered with (black) make-up, so we're using soot. And the soot is because we are going through the chimney."