advent

[lobelia321]

Happy first of advent, everyone!

I managed to buy a wreath just in time. England isn't so passionate about advent so the decorated wreaths weren't available yet in the market. I remember when I first moved here in 1991, there weren't any wreaths at all ever and one had to reserve one at the mid-November German Christmas market.

But now we have an undecorated pine wreath around which I twined some red ribbon and into which I stuck four stumpy candles. We lit the first one today and ate nuts.

I haven't yet got round to getting advent goodies. You can't get marzipan potatoes in England, and there are only selected stores in my town where I can get butter stollen (I do not like marzipan stollen) and Pfeffernuesse and other German goodies.

I may try and remember to go to church one of these advents. I'm not a member of any church but teh family is Catholic and sometimes it's nice to sit somewhere for an hour and have a tranquil time. Although sometimes the incense baloney also gets on my culturally Protestant nerves... *g*

Comments

[kohaku1977.livejournal.com]

Happy first of advent to you too!

Say, do you want me to send you some advent goodies? I will be buying marzipan potatoes at the Christmas market anyway and could pick up some things for you if you'd like!

[lobelia321.livejournal.com]

That is such a kind offer!!!! T'h is in Düsseldorf right now with strict orders to bring some back. He returns tomorrow and if he has FORGOTTEN (argh), I will get back to your kind offer, if I may!

[kohaku1977.livejournal.com]

If you need anything, just let me know! My offer still stands! Can't have you without the proper goodies during the season!

:)

[sheldrake.livejournal.com]

And to you! :)

[lobelia321.livejournal.com]

Shelsie! You're around! *glomps*

[tvillingar.livejournal.com]

We get some kind of stollen over here (imported, obviously) but I can't remember if it's marzipan or not. What is Pferrernuesse? Something to do with nuts, I think?

[lobelia321.livejournal.com]

A little cakey biscuit!

[junalele.livejournal.com]

Happy (and belated) first advent!

I managed to get some pine...erh... Zweige just in time. Not that it's hard getting some but the last week I was always carrying lots of stuff around anyway so I didn't want anything more to carry up my 'mountain'.

About the German christmas cookies and sweets - you could always bake something yourself. It's the one thing I like to do in the kitchen because the outcome is tasty and the process is at least as tranquil as church. :)

[lobelia321.livejournal.com]

Every year I tell myself I shall bake! And then I never do. i did once but the Kipferl did not turn out and the entire family said 'they're not like grandmother's' so I thought, well, humph to you then.

[junalele.livejournal.com]

Oooh, that's always dangerous. Trying to compete with edible family traditions! The one thing I dare to tackle is a cake my grandma used to bake and thank God, my family is too polite to humph, as no, it does not taste like grandma's. ;)