The Third Day of Christmas

My Third Day of Christmas was a even smaller event. The three kids were going to have their Traditional christmas dinner at their fathers house. At the dinner there was Shefhan, the dad, the fathers girlfriend (awkward) , the grandma, mira, laurids, and I. The dinner consitied of potatos (not as good as my sister`s mashed potatos which I miss), rice, little lettace heads (i have no idea what they are called), spinage (gross), and the main course......DUCK! yep thats right duck and it doesn`t taste like chicken, or turkey for that matter, it´s ......different. Anywho after we finish eating our Christmas dinner we sat around and visited, swung on the two hammocks in the guest room, and looked up places on GoogleEarth. Then we settled down and opened even more presents. Mira received a Cocktail cookbook and Cocktail set, Laurids and I both got scarfs, gloves, socks, and a MP3-player 2GB. We visited a little longer and then headed off to home. At home we watched Transformers and The Girl With A Pearl Earring. At that time I went to bed.
The past three days have been full of Christmas Spirit and I am glad I got to share it with the Biermanski Fmaily of Willich, Germany. I wish you all a Merry Christmas and and Happy New Year. See You In 2009!

The Second Day of Christmas

My second day of Christmas was a smaller event however it was a calm one. After staying up late the night before we all slept in. Once everyone woke up, Laurids my brother taking his sweet time, we set up our breakfast which was huge, Breakfast in germany is a little different than back in America. As we have Cereal, Toast, Eggs, Bacon, and Pancakes (oh how I miss pancakes) the germans have rolls, wurst (they have like five million different kinds of wurst), cold cuts, jam, and other unidentified objects. After breakfast we had the afternoon to ourselves, I decided to clean and organize my room and organize my presents for home. I quickly finish and set off on the grand adventure in the book The Hobbit by J. R.R. Tolkien. Around 4 pm we got out of our pajamas and into daily clothes and went over to another friends house for some apple pie and talk. There we received more presents and a pedicure from the family friends daughter. My nails never looked this good. Soon we were all tired and came home where we watched as a family Victor Viktoria with Julie Andrews. By that time it was time for bed however that was the time to call my Parents and wish them a Merry Christmas. That was the highlight of my second day of christmas. I was hoping to be able to talk to my sister Viktoria who is on a mission write now at the same time she called our parents but it fell through but I still love my sister and wish her a merry christmas too. When I had finished talking to my Parents it was 2 am (my time) and boy was I tired.
That was my Second Day of Christmas.

The First Day of Christmas

Yesterday was the first day of Christmas over here in Germany. Tell me tell ya its big. I woke up a little depressed and sad but the holiday spirit wouldn`t let me stay like that for long. My host-family and I ate a small breakfast and each got ready for the day. Some wrapped their presents and some played on the computer. Around 3 pm we were visited by some of my host-mom`s friends who came with us to Mass. Yes thats right I went to Mass. At first I was a little not to friendly about the idea but in the end I decided to go with a happy heart and a opened mind. Plus my mom wrote me a e-mail telling me that she would like me to go. Mass was all together interessting and a little different. There was a lot of singing (most of the songs I didn`t know and so I kinda of stood there) and alot of praying, they pray for everything, and each thing had its own prayer. All together it was about an hour long. After Mass we came back to the house and set up dinner which was a make your own meat and rice oriental bowl. During the meal we talked and visited. Once dinner was over we took a break and the kids played games while the three moms talked and cleaned up. Then it was time for the presents. To be able to open up your first present someone flipped a coin and you had to call out heads or tales. If you got it right you got to open up your first present, if you got it wrong you had to wait for your next turn. However that soon dissolved and we were opening presents right and left. Now some of you back home might remeber that i absulotly love orange, well my family here found that out and I had a collection of orange presents plus some other things. here is what I received:
A German Calender
A Brother Grimm Story Book (in german)
The Hobbit ( the book)
Bath Soaps
Marshmallows
Oreos
Microwaveable Popcorn
Chocolate
,and now my orange collection;
Orange Gloves
Orange Beanie
Orange Bathroom Supplies
Orange Legwarmers
Orange Towels
Orange Earring (from the Porters my sisters family)
a Orange stick of candy
and
a Orange Angel,
Those are my presents and what I bought for my host-family were
Laurids (brother) - Beanie and Gray pullover
Mira (sister) - Purple jacket with fur Hood
and Gabi (mom) - a Novel and a cookbook,
After we all had opened our presents we sat and talked for a few more minutes and some of our quest left for home and we all got ready for bed.
And the last thing I did yesterday was I calle dmy Friend Debbie to surprise her for her brithday and for her family for christmas a phone call from me. And boy were they surprised!
And that was my first day of Christmas in Germany.

Frohe Weihnachten!!!!

I just want to wish you all a Frohe Weihnacten and a happy New Year. I will write all my christmas activities this weekend.