Halloween and Winterzeit
Yesterday is Halloween. Around Hamburg, the kids dressed up in costumes and went around the neighborhood and said "Süß oder Sauer" (sweet or sour) instead of trick or treat. I think I like trick or treat better. It's rhymier and somewhat naughtier.
I was having my Halloween evening in my friend's home. When I got there her husband was accompanying their daughter and her friends go around in costumes. Don't tell them this, but they reeaaaallllyyy need a hand in the costume department. Hmm.. I wonder if I have my Halloween night. What will I be?
The door was knocked for some times and not only little girls were there. There were also teenage girls (without their little sisters or brothers) and I didn't recall open the door for some teenage boys, though.
Halloween is another example of American culture that is absorbed in Germany. I asked my friend, and she said that maybe only two or three years prior that they first celebrated their Halloween. She has to dress her son in costumes (which by the way of her talk, I think she finds it annoying) and later on deal with the Süßigkeiten that they got through the entire night.
Now. Very early on the Halloween day, we are changing the clock in here to Winterzeit. It's wintertime in English. Talking to my Professor today, I just realize the real meaning of summertime word in the Summertime song. (Duh?)
Anyway, in short terms, during the 80s the Winterzeit is again introduced to timing system in Germany due to the oil crisis in the world. And that led to the hopeful energy savings in the implementation of Sommer- and Winterzeit. But he said though that this system not significantly increase the rate of energy savings. Interesting..
Having been raised in a tropical country where the sun shines and goes down almost the same in every time of the year, I learned about this system when I got here the first time. Some of my friends are fooled with the system, though. Last year, a friend of mine thought that he was stood up because noone came at the 'right' time. This year, another friend showed up earlier at his church. So far, nothing important has occured to me. Yay!
Oh, Winterzeit is here. Time to pack my summer fashion, and unpack my winter clothing line. Heheheh..
I was having my Halloween evening in my friend's home. When I got there her husband was accompanying their daughter and her friends go around in costumes. Don't tell them this, but they reeaaaallllyyy need a hand in the costume department. Hmm.. I wonder if I have my Halloween night. What will I be?
The door was knocked for some times and not only little girls were there. There were also teenage girls (without their little sisters or brothers) and I didn't recall open the door for some teenage boys, though.
Halloween is another example of American culture that is absorbed in Germany. I asked my friend, and she said that maybe only two or three years prior that they first celebrated their Halloween. She has to dress her son in costumes (which by the way of her talk, I think she finds it annoying) and later on deal with the Süßigkeiten that they got through the entire night.
Now. Very early on the Halloween day, we are changing the clock in here to Winterzeit. It's wintertime in English. Talking to my Professor today, I just realize the real meaning of summertime word in the Summertime song. (Duh?)
Anyway, in short terms, during the 80s the Winterzeit is again introduced to timing system in Germany due to the oil crisis in the world. And that led to the hopeful energy savings in the implementation of Sommer- and Winterzeit. But he said though that this system not significantly increase the rate of energy savings. Interesting..
Having been raised in a tropical country where the sun shines and goes down almost the same in every time of the year, I learned about this system when I got here the first time. Some of my friends are fooled with the system, though. Last year, a friend of mine thought that he was stood up because noone came at the 'right' time. This year, another friend showed up earlier at his church. So far, nothing important has occured to me. Yay!
Oh, Winterzeit is here. Time to pack my summer fashion, and unpack my winter clothing line. Heheheh..
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