Zwarte Peiten
(Black Pete)
Black Pete is Sinter Klaas's helper. He is also from Spain and wears Spanish clothes. Besides helping Sinter Klaas deliver the presents, he helps him keep of all the presents that are going to be given to each child, and he helps keep a record of how each boy and girl in Holland have behaved through the year. They keep track of all of this in a big book.