Similarly, the "Klaasohm" festival is a Saint Nicholas tradition celebrated every year on the night of December 5 on the North Sea island of Borkum, which has a population of approximately 5,400.

Borkum Lads Club, which has organised the festivities since the 1830s on the North Sea Frisian island, was forced to apologise for “historical actions of past years” and said it distanced ...