I am a sacristan, and vesting priests and bishops for Mass is part of my work.
Saint Nicholas arrives in the Netherlands coming Saturday, and every year the man on the horse wears a costume that makes a caricature of a bishop.
Saint Nicholas of Myra was a bishop of the fourth century, and a bishop’s dress follows rules that the Church wrote down long ago. As a sacristan I put those garments on priests and bishops before Mass, and five mistakes appear on almost every Sinterklaas.