“Bald ist Nikolausabend da! Bald ist Nikolausabend da!”
(rough translation: “Jolly, jolly tralalala, soon it will be the evening of St. Nikolaus Day!”)
If you are like me, this song has been stuck in your head all week. The Christmas season is upon us here in Germany, which is entrenched in traditions such as visits to the Christmas markets, lighting candles on the Advent wreaths each Sunday and celebrating St. Nikolaus Day.
This Sunday gone was St. Nikolaus Day, and my family and I were invited to celebrate the event on Saturday at a friend’s house. Our friend Melanie was visiting us from London this weekend, so it was amusing and interesting to see this tradition and all of its associated rituals surrounding it from her perspective. READ MORE »
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