Here Christmas is actually a Christian celebration, which doesn't have presents and stuff. Most people do give presents these days, but it's not always been that way. For the smaller kids we have "Sinterklaas" which takes place on the 5th of December and actually Santa Clause comes from Sinterklaas..
With Sinterklaas, we celebrate the fact that Sinterklaas came with his boat from Spain to Holland and brings everyone presents. The smaller kids (up 'till the age of 7 or 8) actually believe Sinterklaas exists and they put their shoes in front of the fireplace and in the morning there will be small presents or candy inside of them, and on the 5th of December Sinterklaas will bring everyone presents in the evening and we'll all sing songs to make sure he'll hear us and won't forget us.. And the older kids and the adults will make what we call "surprises" which are like funny things and a poem and inside you'll put a small present..
Sinterklaas and his "zwarte pieten", the guys that help him
But well.. Christmas, on Christmas eve some people go to church, afterwards we sit at home and drink gluhwine and stuff.. Then the teenagers go to the clubs and get drunk haha..
And on 1st Christmas day (25th of December) we go see the family and stuff, have dinner alltogether, blablabla the usual.. On the 2nd Christmas day (26th of December) most people stay home and have a family day, or the teenagers celebrate Christmas with their friends and presents..
On New year's eve the adult usually go to family again, drink, eat "oliebollen" (don't know the english word, this is what they look like:
oliebollen) and the teenagers usually go with their family or stay with friends to watch a movie 'till midnight and then go outside and have fireworks and stuff and afterwards go to the clubs and party 'till dawn..