I enjoyed some great moments that I won't soon forget with friends on Saturday night. From four different countries, families, and experiences, some friends and I had round two of Pasta Carbonara. This one was admittedly better than my Thanksgiving version of the same dish. From L to R are Johannes (Germany), Karin (Switzerland), and Vincent (France).As we're already on the fast track to Christmas we discussed some things that our families usually do during this time. Turns out that among the four of us, I'm the only one who opens gifts on the 25th. I was interested to hear what Johannes shared about Christmas in Germany starting with Kriskind. Please forgive my spelling, German-speaking populas. This angel/child (this is slightly creepy for me) brings gifts instead of Santa Claus.
Equally interesting for me was the "secret room" (cf. Beauty and the Beast's forbidden "West Wing"). The secret or simply locked room contains the necessarily real Christmas tree, decorated with candles and with gifts underneath. I don't want to forget the bell indicating that it's time for kids to come and open gifts on Christmas Eve or the two trips to church with some Frankfurters in between :). Hmm. Sounds great, Johannes.
Merry Christmas!
5 comments:
thanks for the culture lesson :)
i'm here for you.
Truly, I am proud of you and your cooking skills. I also quite enjoy the multi-cultural dinner guests you seem to entertain. Isn't it crazy how equally multi-cultural you and your sister are? Blessings and love to you.
Hi! I have enjoyed going through all your blogs! (Still don't know what a blog is though!) Looks like you are having a wonderful experience. I even understood the German phrase you worte. I guess those 12 weeks in a German class for Adult Ed. took! You understand now that when you get home you will actually have to go to work!
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