All of the above is necessary in order to manage the cornucopia of food coming along with the holidays. Every time we left Mom alone in the kitchen she came up shortly after with another delicious something, and of course there were always two options available, the vegan variety, and some "normal" food, as the rest of the family calls the latter.
Gehen, wandern, laufen. All das ist notwendig, um all die leckeren Dinge zu verarbeiten, die mit solchen Feiertagen daher kommen. Jedes Mal, wenn wir Mom allein in der Küche ließen, kam sie kurz danach wieder mit neuen Leckereien um die Ecke, und natürlich gab es immer eine vegane und eine "normale" Variante, wie die Familie letzteres nennt.
Right on time for Christmas it has warmed up and the snow is all gone now... same procedure as every year, coming to think of it. But there is no such thing as global warming, right?
Wie immer zur Weihnachtszeit ist es zu warm, und der Schnee ist weg... eigentlich wie jedes Jahr, wenn man darüber nachdenkt. Aber so etwas wie globale Erwärmung gibt's ja nicht, oder?
I managed to beat my own hill climbing record on Christmas Eve: 81 floors, 9.4 km. Soon, I'll be ready to conquer the Empire State building with its 102 stories.
An Heiligabend habe ich meinen eigenen Rekord gebrochen: 81 Stockwerke, 9.4 km. Wenn das so weiter geht, bin ich bald soweit, das Empire State Building mit seinen 102 Etagen zu erklimmen.
81 Stockwerke? WOW!
ReplyDeleteAber wie lieb von deiner Ma, dass sie sich solche Mühe macht.
Stimmt, da haben wir Glück. Bei meiner Mom gibt es statt Geschenken zu Weihnachten immer Kulinarisches...
DeleteBergauf geht inzwischen ganz gut... nur bergab winseln die Knie etwas, da muss ich mir noch eine andere Technik einfallen lassen.
Hiking for Christmas, it is what we did too. We went up Mary's Peak and did a snow hike, that took a little effort.
ReplyDeleteHappy Holidays to you both.
Good for you! Celebrating nature instead of commerce, IMHO the best way to spend the holidays.
DeleteGood plan - looks pretty cold though!
ReplyDeleteHello again, John. Commenting seems to work again...
DeleteJa Sonja, das ist ein Leid mit den gebunkerten Plätzchen-Kalorien. Und - oh Schreck - meine Frau hat so viele gebacken, dass wir noch einige Zeit davon zehren werden. So werden wir unsere Nordic Walking- Aktivitäten wohl ausweiten müssen.
ReplyDeleteHauptsache Spaß dabei, HerBert. Sowohl beim Plätzchen naschen, als auch beim Walken.
DeleteYou guys are so good. Christmas here is, so far, very pleasant, but not so healthy.
ReplyDeleteWell, David, it's a constant battle with our "inner sloth" to get going, but once outside we are unstoppable ;-)
Deleteboth of you look great, and what a fantastic mom! have a happy 2017!
ReplyDeleteThanks Yvonne, wishing the same to you and your boys.
DeleteGreat pics SonjaM! Too bad about all the snow already being gone, surely there's more in the near future?
ReplyDeleteThanks Dom, I sure hope that at least the mountains get some snow. It has been way too dry and too warm for a December.
DeleteSince most North American Christmas traditions are actually based on German solstice traditions I think you should suffer through all the nonsense I have to suffer through, yule logs fir trees, lights and turkey. It would only be fair. I try to point out none of this stuff relates to the Palestinian tradition of the succession to King David and everyone looks at me very annoyed. So I eat the turkey and pretend to enjoy it.
ReplyDeleteMichael, do I hear a Bah! Humbug! coming?
DeleteI never understood the ritual of killing a tree for Christmas, and so we don't have one (we have a living one decorated with lights in the garden, though). Blame it on the Romans, who used to decorate their homes with laurels at the end of the year to celebrate their gods. Due to lack of laurels we improvised with fir or spruce.
The turkey however is not on us to blame. Traditional German foods consist of roast goose or carp. The poor (or the practical ones) had potato salad and wieners. Today it's mostly fondue or raclette.