You will probably laugh, as my husband does, that my family's traditional Christmas Eve supper is "hot dogs", as my husband says! No, not wimpy American hot dogs, but true German-style wieners with skin on them--more like sausage, and NO bun! Accompanied by things like hot German potato salad, red cabbage (Rotkohl), herring salad, and a good strong, German brown (NOT yellow, heaven forbid!) mustard. I love it, but it makes a lot of Americans think we be really poor! Or just weird! Dorie ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2000 12:39 PM Subject: Re: [GERMAN-LIFE] Christmas traditions > My wife is pure German, though both parents were born in this country, some > grandparents, too. I have a few German lines in me. We're mostly German in > bent around our home. Some of our "Americanized" German traditions at > "holidaze" are: > 1) Someone always gets the "Stueck mit eines roten Band" (stick/twig with a > bit of red ribbon tied around it; we understand that's sort of equivalent to > coal in the stocking) in their Christmas stocking; > 2) Our main tree is loaded with German ornaments, most of them from the > Erzgebirge region. The small tree in the antique room is trimmed entirely > with the antique ornaments and animals from Carol's grandmother (we have > candle holders for the tree, from Carol's old family, but we don't use them, > for obvious reasons). > 3) Carol always bakes at least one Stollen (we have to diet almost > constantly, so we don't have a lot of baked goods about), and we enjoy it > over the season; > 4) We cook a lot of German-style food at the holidays: favorites include > Koenigsberger Klops, lots of Spaetzle, Rouladen, Rothkohl mit Apfeln, > Apfelmuss, Kartoffelpuffer, Schitzeln (various ways, one favorite being a > Cordon Bleu style), and good Moselwein we bring from Carol's cousin's Weingut > on the Mosel River in Burgehn a/d Mosel (we always have plenty on hand and > drink it on special occasions); > 5) Of course, lots of German Christmas music (or other kinds too, for > that;matter) on the stereo; > 6) I think, in honor of what was very important to our ancestors, we mainly > observe the tradition of giving thanks for Jesus. Religion played such an > important role in our ancestors' families, and it does in ours too. No, > we're not religious fanatics, just wholeheartedly in favor of Him. > > There are a few of the things we do around here that have a German flavor. > Our daughter is wed to a German, and they live permanently in Germany. > Christmas with them is a REAL German Christmas (byut the weather is usually > crummy). > > Dave Ross > Denver

<<You will probably laugh, as my husband does, that my family's traditional Christmas Eve supper is "hot dogs">> Not that strange. We used to have that as well when I were young. _________________________ Heinz L. Zulauf Flotowstrasse 9 D-64287 Darmstadt Germany e-mail: [email protected] Visit my Private Homepage "The Classical Music Site" http://myweb.vector.ch/zulauf _________________________ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike and Dorie Brennecke" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, November 22, 2000 1:25 PM Subject: Re: [GERMAN-LIFE] Christmas traditions > You will probably laugh, as my husband does, that my family's traditional > Christmas Eve supper is "hot dogs", as my husband says! No, not wimpy > American hot dogs, but true German-style wieners with skin on them--more > like sausage, and NO bun! Accompanied by things like hot German potato > salad, red cabbage (Rotkohl), herring salad, and a good strong, German brown > (NOT yellow, heaven forbid!) mustard. I love it, but it makes a lot of > Americans think we be really poor! Or just weird! Dorie > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2000 12:39 PM > Subject: Re: [GERMAN-LIFE] Christmas traditions > > > > My wife is pure German, though both parents were born in this country, > some > > grandparents, too. I have a few German lines in me. We're mostly German > in > > bent around our home. Some of our "Americanized" German traditions at > > "holidaze" are: > > 1) Someone always gets the "Stueck mit eines roten Band" (stick/twig with > a > > bit of red ribbon tied around it; we understand that's sort of equivalent > to > > coal in the stocking) in their Christmas stocking; > > 2) Our main tree is loaded with German ornaments, most of them from the > > Erzgebirge region. The small tree in the antique room is trimmed entirely > > with the antique ornaments and animals from Carol's grandmother (we have > > candle holders for the tree, from Carol's old family, but we don't use > them, > > for obvious reasons). > > 3) Carol always bakes at least one Stollen (we have to diet almost > > constantly, so we don't have a lot of baked goods about), and we enjoy it > > over the season; > > 4) We cook a lot of German-style food at the holidays: favorites include > > Koenigsberger Klops, lots of Spaetzle, Rouladen, Rothkohl mit Apfeln, > > Apfelmuss, Kartoffelpuffer, Schitzeln (various ways, one favorite being a > > Cordon Bleu style), and good Moselwein we bring from Carol's cousin's > Weingut > > on the Mosel River in Burgehn a/d Mosel (we always have plenty on hand and > > drink it on special occasions); > > 5) Of course, lots of German Christmas music (or other kinds too, for > > that;matter) on the stereo; > > 6) I think, in honor of what was very important to our ancestors, we > mainly > > observe the tradition of giving thanks for Jesus. Religion played such an > > important role in our ancestors' families, and it does in ours too. No, > > we're not religious fanatics, just wholeheartedly in favor of Him. > > > > There are a few of the things we do around here that have a German flavor. > > Our daughter is wed to a German, and they live permanently in Germany. > > Christmas with them is a REAL German Christmas (byut the weather is > usually > > crummy). > > > > Dave Ross > > Denver >