So you’ve decided to do some magic tricks at Christmas. Of course, you need to practise a lot first. But what is that special magic word that magicians use in the English-speaking world. In German you’d say “Simsalabim”. But in English?
My favourites are:
hocus pocus
abracadabra
hey presto
All I now need to do is to get that rabbit out of the hat. That’s the trickiest part!
Here’s a nice little video explainins the differences between British and American Christmas. You’ll learn about some of those lovely Christmas traditions in Britain, including pulling Christmas crackers, wearing paper Christmas hats, eating Christmas pudding and listening to the Royal Christmas message.
It’s not always easy to find the right words.
If you’re not sure what to write to your colleagues and business partners at Christmas, Lynn (link to: businesswritingblog.com) has some good advice for all of us.
“Want to keep Christ in Christmas? Feed the hungry, clothe the naked, forgive the guilty, welcome the unwanted, care for the ill, love your enemies, and do unto others as you would have done unto you.”
Steve Maraboli
If you live in Germany, you’ll probably be going to at least one Christmas market. Most of the larger cities and some smaller towns have them.
You probably know that a lot of visitors come over to Germany just to visit these markets during the festive season. Perhaps the most well-known are Nuremberg’s Christkindlmarkt and the Striezelmarkt in Dresden.
But did you realise that you’ll find German Christmas markets in a lot of Britain’s major towns and cities – with German-style chalet stalls offering traditional German delicacies such as bratwurst, gingerbread and gluhwein?
If you had three apples and four oranges in one hand and four apples and three oranges in the other hand, what would you have?
Answer: Very large hands.
