| My Advent Calender Tree:D |
Today is the December 1st!
You know what that means............ no??
Its the start of counting down till Christmas, the first presents i get to open.... chickka what???!!! yea that's right PRESENTS!!! haha well little ones
Here in Austria most of the kids get Advent Calenders: it is a special calendar which is used to count or celebrate the days of Advent in anticipation of Christmas. I happen to have TWO!!!!! One from my host mom and one from my hosting Rotary club!
Today I got a chocolate in the box (from my Advent Calender tree from my Rotary Club) and an angel ornament from my host mom's Advent Calender. Everyday i get to open 2 "presents" from my Advent Calenders till Christmas! wooohooo!!!!! Everyday my host mom makes a different Christmas cookie. Yesterday it was Florentine something or other ha ha: pretty much melted sugar, pumpkin seeds and nuts and cooled to make a crispy, delightful, ADDICTING treat. I love love love that she makes cookies everyday but the bad thing is that her cookies are so good, they are irresistible! Which means that I eat a lot! My host mom got into the Christmas spirit a week ago so I have already heard many Christmas songs but I love how into Christmas she is. December 5th (Sunday) is when Nicholas and Krampus come.... Nicholas is like the Santa Claus and Krampus is the mean guy that if you are bad he wacks you upside the head. haha I have been hearing about this tradition and cant wait to see it Sunday. They come to see if they kids have been good or bad. All these traditions are so interesting, I love to learn new traditions! A few days ago it started to snow. Surprisingly I got very excited, it made me feel all warm and fuzzy inside (even though it was FREEZING). I guess the sight of snow was a comforting thing. It reminds me of home. Living 2,500 meters something lower than where I used to live means not as much snow so the sight of snow is more than an amazing thing! I am ecstatic about Christmas! I cant wait to build a snow man. Even though I have been very homesick lately I feel like this snow or something has made me happier and looking on the bright side of things.
