Not all that surprising given that the Dutch spawned apartheid in South Africa. At a time when North Americans are worried about "Baby It's Cold Outside" this looks much worse to me. I love how the "justifiers" try to call him "Chimney Pete" to cover up the origins of this awful tradition.
Maybe it's best if the Dutch don't give into the protester, not because I like this tradition, but because as baby it's cold outside shows if you give SJWs and inch they will take your whole arm, they have an authoritian streak a mile long and a mile deep.
I think it is a retarded choice for a tradition to keep, but it is their country. So long as it is not a tradition carried on in this country, that is all that really matters to me.