A Little Christmas in German

I studied German in high school.

In 2016 I started taking a 

conversational German class 

at my local library. 

Here is my most recent 'assignment.'

Seit vierzig Jahren sammle ich deutsche Ornamente.

Einige von Geschäften, 

einige von Geschenken,

einige von Familie aus Deutschland 

und einige von Gebrauchtwarenladen.  

Der erste kommt von der Mutter eines Freundes!

Ich habe Raucher,

Nussknacker,

Teller (Waechtersbach)

und

Pyramiden.

Nicht von Deutschland, 

aber aus China,

habe ich Alpine Village Häuser gesammelt. 

Alpine Village erinnert mich an 

Schwäbisch Hall

in der Nähe von Stuttgart. 

Vor fünf hundert Jahren 

ist die Familie Hägele

von Schwäbisch Hall gekommen.

Heir ist das Bild 

der Familie Hägele aus Deutschland. 

Die Frau und der Mann 

sind die Urgrosseltern 

meines Mannes. 

(August, immigrated alone in 1926. He was 18.)

Heir ist ein Bild 

von Schwäbisch Hall 

im Jahr 2017. 

Ich habe einige deutsche Ornamente

im jeden Zimmer!

Danke Frau Frohner

und

Upper Dublin Library!

 

Best Christmas Curb Appeal on High Street, Mt. Holly, NJ

Mt Holly, New Jersey

With a town name like Mt. Holly, 

 residents need to embrace 

the mistletoe and holly season.

And it seems they do! 

A walk along High Street brings you 

their tastefully decorated doors. 

And a peek inside the Lyceum. 

This is the same street as the 

old Prison Museum is on 

which I have featured previously. 

And That's A Wrap

I am never with it enough to share Christmas live...

so instead I'll share Christmas memories. 

Christmas festivities began on Christmas Eve Eve 

The house was decorated and the gifts were wrapped and 

my side of the extended family enjoyed an evening together. 

This year we began a new holiday tradition. 

Homemade Schwäbisch Pretzels inspired by our trip to Schwäbisch Hall. 

They were delicious. 

The advantage of an Italian son-in-law is 

getting a Christmas Eve invite to a 7 Fishes celebration.  

I didn't take my camera, but I did take photos on my daughter's camera. 

Christmas Day was quiet at home with our son, daughter, grand

and a visit from my husband's parents. 

Cooking in her new kitchen

For Christmas gifts,  I gave family members photo books of our summer family trip to Germany. 

Desserts were simple recipes - 

tried and true. 

A few days later, my daughter and her husband arrived from out of town, 

so now our whole family was together. 

Since my son was born on New Year's Eve - 

we celebrated a few days early with a dinner at his favorite restaurant, 

Wing Lee's Cuisine in Horsham, PA

On New Year's Eve 

we had my husband's entire family here for a celebration. 

It was a mixed bag...

Christmas, a birthday, an engagement and of course the New Year. 

Thats when things got so wild the cops had to come calm us down. 

 

Not really. 

We have peeps in the family who have to work on holidays. 

Be thankful for those first responders and medical personnel!

And of course there was plenty of gift exchanging going on. 

He did just turn 21 after all! 

We spent some time translating the German messages our relatives sent. 

Two of my kids took AP German in high school. 

It has come in handy for sure! 

Since the entire family was able to make it - 

we thought it a good time for a family photo. 

4 Generations! 

And New Year's Day brought my family back together 

for a traditional German Pork and Sauerkraut dinner. 

And what holiday would be complete without some tears? 

And that wraps up the 2017 holiday season. 

Whew!