The second thing everyone asks me is, "How will you get to celebrate my Christmas there?" So this year I celebrated a German Christmas. Sadly, it was not a white Christmas though. I did the normal family celebrations. In Germany, we celebrate Christmas (Weihnachten) on the 24th, then the 25th is the 1st day of Weihnachten and the 26th is the 2nd day of Weihnachten. They get 3 days of Christmas! I got to celebrate the normal family way and we went to church, ate a lovely meal of a Christmas goose, and opened gifts on the 24th. Then the past 2 days we've just stayed at the house (mostly in our PJs) watching movies and playing. I think the biggest differences from the States is the hype of Santa. Of course, it is a little more commercialized and modern in the States. It is more traditional here and simple. There are still last minute crazy shoppers and the usualy hussle and bussle. Most families buy a real Christmas tree but not as many houses are decorated with lights either. But I still got to hear a lot of Christmas music :)
This is from last week... All the snow melted :(
The third thing everyone asks me is, "Won't you be sad missing Christmas in Texas?" And I say, "Of course I will, but, it's pretty great here too." This is the first Texas Christmas I've missed. Since my mom had just came for a visit and I got a few sweet packages from family, I have enough holiday cheer to not think about what I'm missing in Texas but to think about how wonderful it is to have to opportunity to be in Germany.
Merry Christmas
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