Almost January
Posted on | December 27, 2009 | No Comments
And that is quite scary. But December was an interesting month at least.
Christmas was this past week. That was exciting and new. My host mother’s mom and aunt came and the next day her cousin’s family came. That was on Christmas Eve (or Heiligabend) which is the time when you open presents here in Germany. It was kind of weird, because Christmas has never just been one day for me. It’s always just kind of a large period of time that eventually fades into New Years. So actually having a culminating day where something happens was kind of strange.
Anyways, Christmas Eve consisted of opening presents and Dinner. Dinner Bavarian style. We had Turkey, Knödeln, Blaukraut (Red Cabbage), and stuffing. Yum. The family was all really nice although I did have to disagree with a lot of the things they knew occurred in America. But okay. That I’m rather used to by now. Opening presents was pretty cool. Felt like a little child. I gave my host mom a present by I’m still working on my host father’s scarf (I’ve remade it like five times). Everyone gave me a small something which was really nice AND I got a Santa Hat. Yay! Next day (1. Weihnachten… Which by the way is what they put in the newspapers as the date, as well as on the tv, which to me was totally bizarre. They also put the first or second advent as the date when they occurred) we played lots of Wii and had Raclette (which I wikipedia’ed and it said it was Swiss). Yum. Lots of Wii and some Wizard spiel-ing.
I didn’t really write about what Christmas season is like here in Germany. But it’s everywhere. And in Bavaria it’s very religious as well. But it’s like in the states but more. It’s not just a tree in the corner and ornaments everywhere it’s St. Nikolaus and Weihnachtsmarkt (or Christkindlmarkt) and all the traditions that go along. It continues till Three Kings Day (here in Bavaria at least).
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