h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Sure, Christmas has become more and more commercialised. I would prefer it too when the Christmas commerce wouldn't start in September - but in the middle of November it seems kinda nice as a contrast to gloomy winter here...
Many people state that "it's all about getting presents" nowadays. May be right - but it's a tiny bit about "giving presents", too. I'm not trying to preach here, I'm not even religious - but I like to give out small gifts, and Christmas kind of gives me a pretense for it, some accepted reason. At this time it seems to be easier for some people to just accept a gift without feeling "I have to give her/him something too, but what??". And don't think I feel obliged to run around weeks on end hunting for presents for each and everyone - most of the time I stumble over something that just fits. At my mothers, we don't give us presents for christmas - it's her birthday and we focus on that.

Hey k-e! Not being of Christian persuasion, Christmas didn't used to mean much to me. But now that I'm older and there are people in my life that do celebrate, it has become more important. Actually, with all the birthdays in our family in October and November, the end of the year has become a 3 month gift exchange.

ta, TVF, I know what you mean - it's like that for me too, everybody in my nearer family is born in december or january, I'm the lonely exception - maybe that's the reason why I'm so used to looking for probable presents that time of the year . I'm not a christian either, but I kinda like the custom anyway...
you must have been the first person to stumble over this to-be-rewritten-at-the-weekend-article .

found that one, it fits in here - it is a nice jumble between english and german .

When the last Kalender-sheets
flattern through the Winter-streets
and Decemberwind is blowing,
then is everybody knowing
that it is not allzuweit:
she does come, the Weihnachtszeit.

All the Menschen, Leute, people
flippen out of ihrem Stuebel
run to Kaufhof, Aldi, Mess
make Konsum and business.
Kaufen this and jenes Dings
and the churchturmglocke rings!


Manche holen sich a Taennchen.
When this brennt, they cry: 'Attention!'
Rufen for the Feuerwehr:
'Please come quick and rescue here!'
Goes the Taennchen up in Rauch
they are standing on the Schlauch.


In the kitchen of the house
mother makes the Christmasschmaus.
She is working, schufting, bakes,
hit is now her Yoghurtkeks.
And the Opa says as tester:
'We are killed bis zu Sylvester.'
Then he filles the last Glas Wein,
yes, this is the Christmastime.


Day by day does so vergang,
and the holy night does come.
You can think, you can remember,
this is immer in December.
Then the childrenlein are coming
candle-wachs is abwaerts running
Bing of Crosby Christmas sings
while the Towerglocke rings
and the angles look so fine
Weil, this is the Weihnachtstime.
Baby-eyes are big and rund,
the family feels kerngesund,
when unterm Baum is hocking -
realy nothing can them shocking.
They are happy, are so fine,
this happens in Christmastime.


The animals all in the house,
the Hund, the Katz, the bird, the mouse,
are turning round the Weihnachtstree
enjoy the day as ever nie,
weil they find Kittekat and Schappi
in the Geschenkkarton von Pappi.
The family begins to sing
and wieder does a Gloeckchen ring.


Zum Song vom gruenen Tannenbaum
die Traenen rennen down and down -
bis the mother ploetzlich flennt:
'Die Gans im Ofen ist verbrennt!'
because her nose is very fine
wie jedes Jahr zur Christmastime.

Mmmmmm......confusing