Frohliche Weihnachten!
(This means “Merry Christmas” in German—the language people speak in Germany!)
Germans are known for their beautiful gingerbread houses and gingerbread people. Today we made gingerbread cookies and read 'The Gingerbread Man'. Just as Ms. V. finished reading the last page, a note from the Gingerbread Men fell out. When we looked over at our pans of little men, we noticed that our two big Gingerbread men were missing! So, we followed the clues, which led us around the school (to the library, office, staff room, washroom, and into our very own classroom!). He was playing games with us because he definitely wasn't sitting at our Rainbow table when we left on our adventure!
We discussed a few different Christmas traditions. In Germany, Advent Calendars and Advent Wreaths are an important tradition. The Advent wreath has 4 red candles. One is lit each Sunday leading up to Christmas.
A huge Christmas market called “Christkindlmarkt” is a place where people go to shop for food and gifts during Christmas.
Children leave notes on their windowsills for an angel, Christkind. They add glue and sugar to their letters to make them sparkle in the windows. Christkind and “The Christmas Man” (Santa) leave gifts. We made our own Angels and added glue and glitter to make them really sparkle in our windows!
Here is a picture of Christkind and Santa:
What a busy (but successful) day in Germany!
Frohliche Weihnachten!
Love,
Division 16
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