The moral of the story is... While you were thinking of gifts as tangible items to get from Santa Claus for Christmas, the pope was bringing back real gifts to Europe in a business called slave trade. Sinter Klaas and Christmas is the re-enactment of Christian missionaries in Africa during the African slave trade.The picture above is from the Netherlands. In the picture you can see the pope, black faces and the military aboard the slave ship as it ships African people across the globe back to the Netherlands. Now you understand the link between Christ, Santa Claus and the slave trade.
