Tannenbaum🎄

Guess where the Christmas tree tradition began?! GERMANY! Here you can find facts, legends, and a little more about what the first trees were like. http://www.whychristmas.com/customs/trees.shtml 

German trees are very different then our trees. They are very wide at the base, and the top is a bit thin. The tree we ended up choosing was one of the more full trees.

In germany, it is typical to pick out your tree, then they chop it down. After we made our choice, we had to walk the tree home! My host dad was sick, so it was just me and Ilsa. We did not have to walk very far, because luckily the place was just down the street. I had one of those moments "I never thought I would do this" in the end we felt pretty accomplished us girls could take care of the tree. 

I decorated it by myself, and I have to say, that was very different. They didn't have tiny little lights, instead they were fake candle lights. Then you actually hook real candles to the trees limbs...then they light the candles. I was a bit suprised when they were doing this, but they said it is totally normal! (They couldn't beleieve that we didn't put candles on our tree in Indiana.)

Then I decorated the tree with sparkly purple bulbs...just how I like it! That was our tree adventure for Sunday. 

Yesterday I went to Hamburg with Alejandra. It was very fun! Luckily I got all of my shopping done, and we were able to check out the Christmas market. It was raining the whole day! But that made it more fun.😄

Tommorow is christmas here...I will tell you all about it.