Skiing...

[selenak]

...in Bad Wiessee, where I spent last year's New Year's day as well, only this time there isn't just snow (a lot) and sun, but also online access. What with the former too, I probably won't get to surf a lot. However, here's a silly Christmas poem that was mailed to me by a friend. You have to know both German and English in order to understand it, but it made me giggle, so:



When the snow falls wunderbar
and the children happy are,
when the Glatteis on the street
and we all a Glühwein need,

then you know, es ist soweit:
she is here, the Weihnachtszeit!

Every Parkhaus is besetzt,
weil die people fahren jetzt
all to Kaufhof, Mediamarkt,
kriegen nearly Herzinfarkt.
Shopping hinverbrannte things
and the Christmasglocke rings.

Merry Christmas, merry Christmas
Hear the music, see the lights,
Frohe Weihnacht, Frohe Weihnacht
Merry Christmas allerseits...!

Mother in the kitchen bakes
Schoko-, Nuss- and Mandelkeks
Daddy in the Nebenraum
schmücks a Riesen-Weihnachtsbaum...
He is hanging auf the balls,
then he from the Leiter falls...

Finally the Kinderlein
to the Zimmer kommen rein
and es sings the family
Schauerlich: "Oh,Christmastree!"

And the jeder in the house
is packing die Geschenke aus.

Merry Christmas, merry Christmas,
Hear the music, see the lights
Frohe Weihnacht, Frohe Weihnacht
Merry Christmas allerseits....

Mama finds unter the Tanne
eine brandnew Teflonpfanne,
Papa gets a Schlips and Socken,
everybody does frohlocken.
President speaks in TV,
all around is Harmonie.

Bis mother in the kitchen runs:
Im Ofen burns the Weihnachtsgans...

And so comes die Feuerwehr,
with Tatü, tata daher,
and they bring a long,long Schlauch
and a long,long Leiter auch.
And they schrei - "Wasser marsch!",
Christmas is now im ..eimer

Merry Christmas, merry Christmas,
Hear the music, see the lights,
Frohe Weihnacht, frohe Weihnacht,
Merry Christmas allerseits....

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Comments

[wychwood]

This is lovely and silly *g*

kriegen nearly Herzinfarkt

Yeah, one of the many reasons I don't go shopping near to Christmas :)

[selenak.livejournal.com]

You're a wise woman. I did most of mine before, but as it turned out some last minute stuff was necessary...

[un-crayon-rouge.livejournal.com]

*lulz* abound!! Too funny, thanks for sharing.

[selenak.livejournal.com]

You're willkommen.*g*

[un-crayon-rouge.livejournal.com]

Now THAT cracked me up!! Please don't do that again, I nearly peed my pants :-))

[winter]

Ouch, this is too funny :D Too bad I'm no longer learning German, I'd bring this to class...

[selenak.livejournal.com]

The solution is obvious - start learning German again.*g*

[winter]

Leider habe ich keine Zeit für beide Japanisch und Deutsch :(

(And I should make some. My grammar sucks, in both languages.)

[thalia-seawood.livejournal.com]

Thanks for sharing!

My favorite verse is probably:
Mama finds unter the Tanne
eine brandnew Teflonpfanne,
Papa gets a Schlips and Socken,
everybody does frohlocken.
President speaks in TV,
all around is Harmonie.

Just captures the atmosphere so nicely.
When I was a teenager, we usually had a big row for Christmas which ended with my dad shouting: "Wir wollen jetzt alle recht fröhlich sein!!!" I liked that line so much that I now use it myself whenever a row is starting. Nowadays everybody starts laughing at this line and harmonious peace is restored...

[selenak.livejournal.com]

I think most people recognise their family lives around Christmas in these verses.*g*