How to Write a Sinterklaas Rhyme

One positive response to our economic situation is to emphasize the time that we spend together rather than the amount of gifts that we give each other.  What better way to do this than the Dutch tradition of attaching a Sinterklaas Rhyme to your Secret Santa gift?

Sinterklaas rhymes are meant to be fun and maybe just a little embarrassing.  They usually rhyme aabb, but hey, do whatever comes to you!  If you need help coming up with rhymes, use rhymezone.com.  I chose my friend to demonstrate how easy this is.  Just write down a few ideas and then think of things that rhyme with those words (or just sort of rhyme) :

Kim – win, begin, friend.
Joe -  no, snow, row, tow, grow, know
Fundraising on Scooter – shooter, polluter
Southern gal – pal, now
Nutcracker – attacker, slacker
Court – short

Now, just start writing about this person, and tease her a little bit!

Sinterklaas is in Brooklyn now,
Looking for a Southern gal.
Mom of 3 and wife to Joe,
He found Kim, who can’t say “no”.

Every day in Court she’s no slacker,
Every night watching Will in the Nutcracker.
She sets an example for every polluter,
By raising school funds on her scooter.

She baked a glorious feast
To save us from starvation,
Now she will open this gift
And start our celebration!

Before Kim opens her gift (or surprise!) she must read this poem out loud without reading it to herself first.  Then, as she scans the room curiously for her personal Secret Santa, she exclaims, “Thank you Sinterklaas!” and opens her gift.

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