As a little christmas present for you, we thought we'd do a post on Christmas Eve. For us it is a much more important day than the 25th because the Christ child comes to the houses in the evening and brings the Christmas tree and presents. In general it's a day spent with family, eating cookies, listening to Christmas songs and waiting in quite some excitement for that bell's chime. We've each written down a little piece describing our versions of the 24th of December:
Juno:
It has turned into quite the tradition for me and my family to visit my grandma for lunch. Every year she fries sausages, a traditonal christmas food in Austria, and we have coffee and cookies together. In the afternoon, we lie down a little and relax to refill the batteries for the evening. By this point my seven-year old brother is already bursting with excitement and couldn't wait any longer. Around 6pm, the Christ child then finally comes and we get to see the beautiful and usually 4.5m high tree. At about 8pm my dad makes a big and very yummy dinner. We then just sit around with smiles on our faces enjoying family time.
Alex:
Every
year, my family and I, we walk to a small village near my home village and go
to church. After church we go home and my brother, my grandmother and I prepare
our Christmas dinner, usually sausages and for me a vegetarian dish (I’m a
vegetarian). During that time, my parents prepare everything for the so-called “Bescherung”.
They decorate the tree and prepare our presents. At 6pm we eat dinner together
and afterwards, when the “Christmasbell” rings, we go upstairs to celebrate our “Bescherung”,
eat cookies and drink some “Punsch” (a mixture made out of tea and orange
juice).
We hope you enjoy Christmas as much as we do, wherever you are. Have a good last few days of the year and spend as much time with your loved ones, as you can!
Want to see the cutest Christmas video?
See you next sunday!
Juno and Alex xx
If you are like us and you're always late when it comes to buying Christmas presents for your loved ones, we've got you covered. The following ideas are all presents you can get easily ahold of and don't need to rush around for ages searching for them.
Best Friend:
- Mason Jar: filled with all the goodies you can possibly think of. Candles, bath bombs, bath oils, lip scrub, face masks, hair masks, fuzzy socks, lufa, hair ties, bobby pins, chewing gum,...
- Cosmetics: if your best friend is a beauty lover these gifts might float her boat: Eyeshadow palette, Hourglass Ambient Lighting Blush palette, Jo Malone perfume, brush set from Zoeva or Bobbi Brown (they did a really nice one this year)
Parents:
- a really funny film you can watch as a family: Serial (Bad) Weddings
- invitation to a wine tasting event
Grandparents:
- calender for 2015 with some nice family pictures of you all together
- a bottle of really good wine
Partner:
- voucher for an evenig together or a day trip to go hiking or to a thermal bath
- candle-light dinner
Siblings:
- take them to the movies to see a new film that's just come out
- petrol lighter (I believe that that's an appropriate gift for both sexes)
school/work friend:
- a mug filled with gingerbread cookies and tea
- bottle of sparkly with a nice card (the law in Austria is different and so we are allowed to drink alkohol at the age of 16)
We hope that these gift ideas were of use to you and saved you a lot of time and embarrassment!
See you again soon!
Juno and Alex xo
