A blog about Kyle and Rebecca's family
We took the kids to Temple Square to see the Christmas lights tonight. We enjoyed seeing the different nativity sets from around the world.
On the way back to the van, we passed these windows that were just surrounds by crowds of people. The store had GIANT ornaments made of or decorated in candy.
Kyle had heard about Christkindlmarkt being a traditional German Christmas market that they were holding at This is the Place and thought it sounded cool. So we decided that we would take the family and check it out.
While we were waiting for our turn to visit with St Nicholas, he had this conversation with the girl just before us:
St Nicholas: What would you like for Christmas?
Girl: Didn’t you read my letter?
St Nicholas:When did you mail it?
Girl: Two days ago
St Nicholas: Well then I’ll get it tomorrow. It takes three days for letters to get to the North Pole.
After taking pictures with St Nicholas we walked around and searched for the answers to their treasure hunt for kids. Here is the list of questions and the answers that we found:
Kinder Treasure Hunt
1 Who is the Christkindlmarkt named after? Christkind
2 How do you say “Christmas Tree” in German? Tannenbaum
3 What is a traditional German Christmas cookie?
4 How many candles are found on an advent wreath?
5 What famous Christmas song was originally written in German? Stille Nacht (Silent Night)
6 What is special about December 6th? St Nicholas Day
7 How do you say “Merry Christmas” in German? Froliche Weinachten or Frohe Weinachten
8 What tiny creatures are known for wearing tall pointed hats? Gnomes or Tomte
9 What wooden Christmas decoration is found in many German homes? Nutcrackers
10 Who goes from house to house at Christmastime singing songs and collecting money? Sternsinger
11 Who tore his cloak in two and gave it to a poor man? St Martin
12 What do children carry during the St Martin’s parade? Lanterns
I was really excited to get to learn more about Christmas in Germany and to share that experience with the kids. Kyle and I had talked about teaching our children about Christmas in Germany and in Sweden and Hanukkah since we have ancestors from both Germany and Sweden and who were Jewish, but we never really knew how to start because it was something that we also didn’t know very much about. So I’m very glad that we were able to go, and that we know a little bit more about Christmas in Germany now.
Santa came through town on a fire truck this morning to toss candy to the children and give them a wave!
Turning 10 means that Jeremy moves up to Webelos! He is so excited. 🙂
Jeremy requested a jello cake for his birthday. So I made a white cake, and then when it was cooled I poured the peach jello over it. I think the jello saturated the cake. We let that chill till it was set, and then I covered it with whipped cream. That made it look funny. I probably should have left it and just served the whipped cream along side the cake, but too late now. We saw these cool candles at the grocery store and got them for Jeremy’s cake. The flame burns the same color as the candle.
Jeremy was just watching the last candle burn, but his face when Kyle blew the last candle out:
His birthday, being on a Sunday this year was a very long day. With preparing for church all morning, church this afternoon, making the cake and dinner then eating dinner and the cake this evening, it was quite late when we were done with that. A couple of the little ones fell asleep before everyone else could put jammies on. So we decided to save the present for tonight so everyone would be awake for it. Jeremy was rather upset by that but he tried to hide his disappointment. He got over it tonight when he opened his present and saw what it was.
