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In reply to the discussion: When you were a little kid what things did you not understand or misunderstand. [View all]chknltl
(10,558 posts)(btw this was in a very small town in Germany back in the early 60s I was maybe 6 or 7) She spoke only very little English and my mom spoke very little German. She brought us a plate of German cookies, (she was the town baker), it was my first taste of Lebkuchen which I later found out is a traditional cookie popular in the early winter. Being polite, I thanked her for the cookie and said Merry Christmas to her. She got this puzzled look and said "Weihnachten?" And I said, "No C h r i s t m a s! very slow. When it appeared that she still wasn't getting it I wrote the word 'Christmas' on a piece of paper and showed it to her. She kept smiling at me and said; "Ja, Weihnachten". I walked away defeated and utterly dumbfounded, who would have thought that the Germans didn't know what Christmas was.
Oh for those of you who do not speak German, 'Ja Weihnachten' roughly translates to 'Yes, Christmas'. Furthermore, that little town I was in was just a few miles away from Nurnberg, a city which calls itself the Christmas capital of the world. It is somewhat of an acquired taste but try a German Lebkuchen cookie should you get the chance. I prefer the ones with the chocolate coating myself.
Lastly, should you be ghosting through here Misshonneychurch, I miss ya and hope things are going well. Here is a 'prost' to you and yours.