Yet in recent years Dutch citizens of Caribbean ancestry have begun protesting the portrayal of St Nicholas's sidekick as a racist caricature.
Labour members and supporters have begun protesting to the party about their lack of ballot papers with less than a week to go before the leadership election closes.
But the push by Republicans for spending cuts and new austerity is already shaking state capitals, including Madison, Wis., and Columbus, Ohio, where labor unions have begun protesting efforts to reduce benefits and weaken their collective bargaining rights.
In recent months a diverse coalition of black groups with liberal views, white evangelical conservatives and others across the political spectrum have begun protesting the conduct of the government of Sudan in its long-running civil war.
More recent changes to the bill have even made it difficult or even impossible for stay-at-home spouses to qualify for credit cards and some parents have begun protesting the law as unfair and discriminatory.
It would help break the rusted bonds of post-colonial dependence and further the popular efforts many of us have cheered since the protests began in Tunisia.
A few teachers have began protesting the city's plan, but it has caught the union at a moment of weakness.
Nationalist parties there and in Sindh have begun protest campaigns, led by Benazir Bhutto, Mr Sharif's nemesis and predecessor as prime minister.At the same time, the Muslim League has fallen out with its partners in Baluchistan, already angered by not being consulted about the nuclear tests.
Indian society, in particular a new coalition the Working People's Charter Secretariat, has begun to protest.
Almost a year ago he famously walked out of an "Aida" performance in Milan before it had scarcely begun, protesting his reception from the upper balconies.
