We sat down to eat, but Julia was still sleeping, so Paul got the dong and took it into her room to wake her. She eventually came down and eat with us.
After breakfast, I showered and we brought the tree inside and put it up. We spent the next hour or so decprating it and putting on the candles. Julia and I had brought down our gifts the night before and put them on the Fussball table. Hannah played piano for a while and then I showed off my non-existent talent by played a Christmas carol myself. I put my little penguin decoration on the tree and everyone thought it was cute, so we put it on the top of the tree.
We put out the Nativity scene that Julia's dad made when they were little and then the tree was finished completely!
We sat around the house, cleaning a bit and gettinge evrything ready to go to their Aunty's house. At 2pm we drove over to Cölbe where she lives and sat and drank coffee and ate biscuits together while talking. Once everyone was there we handed out presents. I got shampoo... A sleeping sheep, a handmade knitted hot water bottle cover and a homemade candle holder made from a beer bottle. We had to leave quite early because we wanted to go to the church in Marburg.
We went to a service at the Elizabeth church in Marburg. We got there 30 minutes early but it was already full. We sat right at the back on little chairs. We had to sing lots of Christmas songs and then they spoke about the story of the Grinch. The lady behind Hannah and I seemed to love singing a bit to much. The service was over in 50 minutes and then we all walked through the snow, to the car.
We drove home and then started cooking dinner. Hannah, Julia and Paul went to feed the horses while Julia's mum and I got all of the presents out and under the tree. We sent Julia's dad away too while we brought the wheelbarrow into the house and hid it. I had to go back outside and cover up all the wheel marks in the snow. We closed the door to the lounge and no one was allowed inside.
We cooked dinner and I made a salad, everyone helped set the table and in no time we were ready to eat. We had schnitzel, chips, mushrooms sauce and salad, then chocolate pudding for dessert. We ate slowly and then finally we were all allowed into the lounge room once this special bell rang...Christmas is a bit different here, Santa doesn't come, the Christkind does...
We all opened out presents slowly. I got a Nirvana CD, an artwork of the planning of the Marburg town hall, chocolate, a notebook, a scarf, a cardigan, a homemade hedgehog and striped leggings that I thought were awesome and wanted a pair to match Paul.
Everyone one played with their presents, especially Paul who got a punching bag, a remote control car and a Lego Star Wars plane. Hannah got an iPod touch and I helped her try to set it up, but it was so confusing in German. We listened to a lot of different music, first Christmas songs, then classical music which is where the dancing came in, then I tried to put on Marilyn Manson, didn't work. I tried Johnny cash, but the CD ended up ebing Judas Priest.
We listened to some Johnny Cash in the end, some South American music and some Fleetwood Mac.
We drove home and then started cooking dinner. Hannah, Julia and Paul went to feed the horses while Julia's mum and I got all of the presents out and under the tree. We sent Julia's dad away too while we brought the wheelbarrow into the house and hid it. I had to go back outside and cover up all the wheel marks in the snow. We closed the door to the lounge and no one was allowed inside.
We cooked dinner and I made a salad, everyone helped set the table and in no time we were ready to eat. We had schnitzel, chips, mushrooms sauce and salad, then chocolate pudding for dessert. We ate slowly and then finally we were all allowed into the lounge room once this special bell rang...Christmas is a bit different here, Santa doesn't come, the Christkind does...
We all opened out presents slowly. I got a Nirvana CD, an artwork of the planning of the Marburg town hall, chocolate, a notebook, a scarf, a cardigan, a homemade hedgehog and striped leggings that I thought were awesome and wanted a pair to match Paul.
We listened to some Johnny Cash in the end, some South American music and some Fleetwood Mac.
Julia's dad gave up in putting together the Lego plane, so I stepped in and helped Paul. We ended up finishing ti in no time and it was a lot of fun.
I also got to see our Christmas dinner once again... Lovely, two dead ducks.
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