Hello my dear friend from India!

As you will probably know, we just celebrated Christmas in Austria so I decided to tell you something about how I spent my Christmas holidays.

My family and I also celebrated Christmas Eve and I want to give you some information about this holyday and I’ll tell how it is celebrated.

In Austria, it’s not Santa Clause who brings the gifts, but the “Christkind”. It is often portrayed as a child with blond curls, wings and halo. According to the narrative it comes at Christmas Eve in the houses and brings (without being seen) Christmas gifts.

In many households, the window will be opened shortly before the gift on the evening of 24 December, so that the “Christkind” can fly in. As a sign that the children can enter the room with Christmas tree and gifts, a bell is rings.

With Advent calendars, the Austrians are lobbying the waiting time for the Christ child. Every day a box is opened, where a small snack is hidden.

I really enjoyed the Christmas holidays because they were really relaxing. Most of the time I spent with my friends. We met at home and we also went out a lot.

I also went skiing with my family once. We had an enjoyable day in the snow. I was very sunny but also really cold.

I hope I could give you enough information about this traditional holiday and that you can imagine what Christmas is like.

Yours,

Anna