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    Alllllllll Riiiiiiiigghhttt!!!!!

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    Woohoo!!!!
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    Merry Christmas!

    Hey guys, I've got some Xmassy stuff for you!

    Silent Night in German (St. Thomas Boys Choir)

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4puLybRGSAw

    Parody of a Germany Christmas Song
    (Morgen Kinder wird's was geben)
    this song was first re-written by the writer Erich Kästner, but this here is a different parody version (including some of Kästner's lines), I've given a (wobbly) translation below
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dO_X4j6PKFM


    morgen kinder wirds nichts geben

    morgen kriegt iher nichts geschenkt,
    Kids, there won't be any presents tomorrow
    mutter schenkte euch das leben,
    your mother gave you your life
    das genügt, wenn man's bedenkt.
    and that's enough of a gift if you think about it.

    einmal kommt auch eure zeit,

    one day your time will come
    morgen ist's noch nicht so weit.
    but tomorrow's not that day.

    Wir solln euch den Hals voll schenken,
    we're expected to shove gifts down your throat,
    sagt, was bildet Ihr Euch ein?
    who do you think you are?
    Könnt weder arbeiten noch denken
    You can neither work nor think,
    und wollt doch bescheret sein.
    but you want to get presents anyway.
    Ich weiß, dass Ihr Euch trotzdem freut,
    I know you're looking forward to it anyway
    morgen ist ein Tag wie heut.
    Tomorrrow's just another day

    Und Eure gemalte Grütze,
    Your ugly paintings,
    liebe Kinder habt Erbarmen,
    (dear kids have mercy)
    hängt blöd rum, ist zu nichts nütze,
    hang around pointlessly and are totally useless
    das könnt Ihr Euch wirklich sparen.
    you can cut the painting
    Ohne Euren Maltrieb,
    Without your urge to paint
    ham wer Euch noch mal so lieb.
    We like you double as much

    children cry
    Singer: "Today's kids don't have any sense of humour, do they?"




    hubby and me took some pics of the Nuremberg Christmas Market. Some of them are a bit blurred

    Stalls at the Christkindelsmarkt + Church of Our Lady (Frauenkirche)






    Schöner Brunnen (The Beautiful Fountain/Well)


    Horses



    Zwetschgenmännla (little figures made from prunes




    Bratwurst in a bun (hubby's hands)



    Sleepy with a cup of Glühwein (mulled wine)



    Christmas tree decorations


    Traditional candy (drops)


    Sleepy buying Lebkuchen (ginger bread)


    More Lebkuchen

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    Oh, man, that was cool Sleepy....great pics... I'll link some pics of the german things that Wisconsin promotes...Bratwurst done the Sconny way.

    I loved the link....I was listening to silent night in Deutsch, while looking at the pics. Prost...B
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    glad you liked them, B-Mental
    what's 'the Sconny way'?

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    Sconny is like a nickname for Wisconsin, USA. I wish I had a camera, I would take photos from my days in Germany and scan them, if I could find my photo albums...they are so cool.
    "I am glad to learn my friend that you had not yet submitted yourself to any of the mouldy laws of Literature."
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    "My candle burns at both ends; It will not last the night; But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends - It gives a lovely light"
    -Edna St. Vincent Millay

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    Quote Originally Posted by B-Mental View Post
    Sconny is like a nickname for Wisconsin, USA. I wish I had a camera, I would take photos from my days in Germany and scan them, if I could find my photo albums...they are so cool.
    yeah, that would be cool! I hope you'll find them


    here's some more Xmassy links

    a web cam of Nuremberg Christmas Market. (you can click where it says der letzten 30 Minuten to get a fast forward of the past 30 minutes. gives you a good impression of how crowded it can get
    http://www.christkindlesmarkt.de/ind...id=2&artid=193

    Opening of the Christmasmarket by the Christkindel (Christmas Angel/ Baby Jesus; = the woman in a golden angel costume). It's in German and a bit lengthy, but if you like Xmas kitsch it's just what you need
    by the way, the Christkindel gives the opening speech from the top of the church you can see in the pics.
    http://www.christkindlesmarkt.de/ind...?navi=1&rid=30
    click hier zur Verfügung

    the homepage of the Xmas market in English, with pics and info:
    http://www.christkindlesmarkt.de/english/start.php

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    Cool, I'll be checking it out all day...Merry Christmas SleepyWitch.
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    "My candle burns at both ends; It will not last the night; But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends - It gives a lovely light"
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    Merry Christmas (Frohe Weihnachten) to you, too.

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    I always thought it was 'Frohliche Weinachten'?
    "I am glad to learn my friend that you had not yet submitted yourself to any of the mouldy laws of Literature."
    -John Muir


    "My candle burns at both ends; It will not last the night; But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends - It gives a lovely light"
    -Edna St. Vincent Millay

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    Quote Originally Posted by B-Mental View Post
    I always thought it was 'Frohliche Weinachten'?
    both are OK, I think

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    yeah the language kind of progresses...I haven't been there in a while, but when I was there we kept repeating the word wunderbar whenever a german speaker said it...then one young lady told me they now say wunderfol..or wundervol...can't remember the spelling, and that only geeks said wunderbar...oh well.
    "I am glad to learn my friend that you had not yet submitted yourself to any of the mouldy laws of Literature."
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    "My candle burns at both ends; It will not last the night; But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends - It gives a lovely light"
    -Edna St. Vincent Millay

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    I love Krapfen
    I studied German for 3 years at school.
    I live not far from Sudtirol
    During the summer, but not only, my city and most of all the nearby lake, become a German colony, which includes bilingual signs and menus (so much that we call any sunburnt Northern-looking foreigner "German", even if they might in fact be Dutch or Danish or who knows)
    The Christmas markets we had in Manchester were impressively similar to those.
    dead on the inside, i've got nothing to prove
    keep me alive and give me something to lose

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    Quote Originally Posted by Koa View Post
    I love Krapfen
    I studied German for 3 years at school.
    I live not far from Sudtirol
    During the summer, but not only, my city and most of all the nearby lake, become a German colony, which includes bilingual signs and menus (so much that we call any sunburnt Northern-looking foreigner "German", even if they might in fact be Dutch or Danish or who knows)
    The Christmas markets we had in Manchester were impressively similar to those.
    heehee, yep, there's a nice Xmas market in Birmingham, too, where you can buy Glühwein and Stollen at outrageous prices

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    Foooood...Caaaannddy...the gingerbread looks so rich and I didn't know that there's more than one kind! I'd lick the screen but I know it's filthy
    I'm in love with the cute prune man on the moon....
    Zwetschgenmännla (little figures made from prunes




    Traditional candy (drops)


    Sleepy buying Lebkuchen (ginger bread)


    More Lebkuchen

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