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Weihnachten in Deutschland! My German christmas adventure! Day 1, 4 weeks until christmas... I arrived in the German airport where my christmas adventure begun, i was so excited for **Saint Nikolaus** to visit, i almost wet myself when i arrived! My first stop was the **German Christmas Market in Leeds** nothing could be more exciting than this German christmas adventure, the christmas markets always open on the first of december. Here are some of my photos from my first day in Germany in the christmas market and a bit of a German Christmas Carol: [] And here is my postcard that im sending to my family and friends: []

Day 6, 3 weeks until christmas... Today is Saint Nikolaus Tag! which means Santa Claus day, if we had one in Australia. Saint Nikolaus day is celebrated on the 6th of december, my exchange family doesnt miss out on all the Santa Claus fun! last night we were made to clean our shoes and place one pair of shoes outside of the front or back door. Then the parents were made to put either a chocolate or lolly if the child had been good, or a twig or birch if they were bad. In the morning the children check if Sankt Nikolaus had brought them treats, of course my family thought it would be funny to put a twig in mine. I didnt laugh. But they were joking and they gave me a treat anyways. Here are some photos from Sankt Nikolaus Tag and a little poem:

Day 11, 2 weeks until christmas... I woke up ready to officially begin my German Christmas Adventure, but the only obstacle stopping me was the Schnee... so I put on heaps of my layers and got ready to conquer the German snow. I played in the snow with my German exchange family and we made Schneemenn, mine was the best snowman of course ;). Next we went to the Tannenbaum Farm, and picked out the best Christmas Tree to be delivered the morning of christmas eve. The Germans celebrate christmas so differently, its so exciting. We arrived home and had a MASSIVE snowball fight before we went in and had some Wurst for dinner, the sausages were delicious, I got in to my pyjamas and got some sleep because tomorrow morning we are having a big German Christmas Adventure! But i couldnt get any sleep because i was to excited about Saint Nikolaus, and it was Saint Nikolaus Tag! Here are some photos from my second day in Germany playing in the snow:

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