Christmas in Germany
So I really suck at posting... I always have ideas of what to write about but never really do it since I usually want to post an update about what's been going on in my life first.
Anyway... it's almost Christmas and it's different in Germany than what I'm used to from Canada. The one and only thing I think I really miss from Christmas in Canada are all the lights. In Germany people still put up lights (and more just white lights, which I think is much prettier than color) but they don't put up nearly as many lights on the houses. However I think I like the mall decorations here a lot better. Also, there seems to be a lot less annoying Christmas music, it's not played as much here (at least the places I have gone to. The Christmas stuff here starts about one month before Christmas on Nov. 24th.
The best thing about Christmas in Germany are the Christmas Markets... I love them. They have lots of little stands which sell toys and decorations and other little Christmas related things. There are also stands with food... but best of all are the glühwein stands... glühwein first of all smells SO good. It's basically warm wine with spices, it tastes really good too. The Christmas markets open one month before Christmas (Nov. 24th). I went right on the first day and loved it. I really like walking through them and see all the little stands of Christmas-y stuff and the smell of the glühwein. I think I'm really going to miss them when they are gone when I get back from Canada after Christmas.
Other than that I'm no where near ready for Christmas... I have barely just scratched the surface of my Christmas gift shopping list. I am really out of ideas for this year and I only have 5 days left in Germany :S.
Anyway... it's almost Christmas and it's different in Germany than what I'm used to from Canada. The one and only thing I think I really miss from Christmas in Canada are all the lights. In Germany people still put up lights (and more just white lights, which I think is much prettier than color) but they don't put up nearly as many lights on the houses. However I think I like the mall decorations here a lot better. Also, there seems to be a lot less annoying Christmas music, it's not played as much here (at least the places I have gone to. The Christmas stuff here starts about one month before Christmas on Nov. 24th.
The best thing about Christmas in Germany are the Christmas Markets... I love them. They have lots of little stands which sell toys and decorations and other little Christmas related things. There are also stands with food... but best of all are the glühwein stands... glühwein first of all smells SO good. It's basically warm wine with spices, it tastes really good too. The Christmas markets open one month before Christmas (Nov. 24th). I went right on the first day and loved it. I really like walking through them and see all the little stands of Christmas-y stuff and the smell of the glühwein. I think I'm really going to miss them when they are gone when I get back from Canada after Christmas.
Other than that I'm no where near ready for Christmas... I have barely just scratched the surface of my Christmas gift shopping list. I am really out of ideas for this year and I only have 5 days left in Germany :S.