Sinterklaas

With falling leaves 🍂, deadlines and exams, and shorter days in sight, at least we have one thing to look forward to: a traditional Dutch secret santa exchange, known as Pakjesavond! 🎁 Come join us on 11 December for an evening of laughs, snacks, and crafts (exchanges)!🍫

This fun Dutch tradition involves three parts: getting a (second-hand) gift for your recipient 🤫; making a ‘surprise’, an arts and crafts object to package it🪅; and writing a poem for the recipient 📜. Quite a bit of work, but super fun and rewarding! Here are the steps:

If interested, sign up below to participate.
Once everyone has signed up, you’ll be added to a new group chat where a link to our drawnames.com (lootjestrekken.nl) page will be linked. Here you can enter fun facts about yourself and create a wishlist to inspire other people.
You’ll then get randomly assigned someone to prepare the gift/surprise/poem for.
On 11 December, we’ll come together to read our poems and open our surprises! Yes, there will be snacks.

SIGN UP: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1gMIwGnTsaPeOvxecIJxVVfvKzYR0ol7CXLAbCVYr6j0/edit

📍 WHERE: EOS 01.750

⌚️ WHEN: Thursday, 11th of December, 18:30

👥 WHO: Members + Friends of the VSA

🤝 ORGANIZATION: This event is brought to you by SocCom 🧦

📧 CONTACT: If there is anything we can do to make this event more accessible for you, please send an email to info@vsa-nijmegen.nl or submit an anonymous form on https://www.vsa-nijmegen.nl/accessibility-inquiry/. You can also use these contact methods for any other questions or concerns.

Date

Thursday 11 December, 2025

Time

18:30 - 21:00