Christmas time at home in Germany has always been magical, peaceful and a wonderful experience. I try to keep that tradition going in my own home and teach my children how we celebrate Christmas, the Advent season and anything that goes with it. In every home in Germany starting the last Sunday …
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Each year we keep our German tradition, we create an Advents Calendar, you can check out our previous year calendars HERE or HERE. This year I decided to do something a bit different. I went and bought Acrylic Fillable Ornaments and added a dab of acrylic paint on the inside, added …
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Today is the 4th Advent… Christmas is almost here, 5 more days to prepare for your Christmas celebration with your family… Take a deep Breath, take a HOT Gluhwein and sit down and enjoy some of these Christmas songs Oh Tannen Baum Alle Jahre Wider Stille Nacht How to make your own Gluhwein 1 Bottle [...]
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As many of you know I’m German, born and raised in Bavaria and moved to the US almost 15 years ago. I miss my family and friends back at home tremendous, especially during this time of the year. One thing that keeps the memories alive and that I would like to share with my readers [...]
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Today is the 3rd Advent.. only one more Sunday till we celebrate the 4th Advent and then Christmas will be here… I can’t believe how fast this has approached this year. Time sure has been flying; We did a lot of Family fun this week and spend a lot of time reading books and celebrating [...]
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Did you Know…. That today is St. Nikolaus Tag in Germany? What is St. Nikolaus Day?? In Germany Santa Claus isn’t coming Christmas eve he is coming on December 6th.. When I grew up, each year on December 5th we cleaned our boots and lined them all up outside the house in hope for St. [...]
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Time sure is running away.. here we are on the 2nd Advent, this means 2 more to go and Christmas is knocking at your door. Have you done your Christmas preparations yet?? What are some traditions that you have in your family.. would love to hear them…!!!! This week we made cookies and been listening [...]
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Every Christmas Eve I take my time to spend all day with the kids. By then I have my shopping done, all my wrapping is done and it is just a Mommy and Me kind of day. The kids are always excited and can’t wait for Christmas Eve. Every year we go as a family [...]
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One of the first signs of fall in Germany are the open air market stalls serving hot spiced wine. For an American, it’s a bit shocking to see alcohol sold on the street and drunk openly! Glühwein is particularly popular at a Weihnachtsmarkt (Christmas market). The markets open in the end of November, usually on [...]
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I love Christmas and love to share my Christmas traditions with my little ones ( and now my readers as well…)…. When I was little, Christmas in Germany was always a Big event. Here is one fun Craft that we did every year at home and to this day I still love it and do [...]
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