Christmas Eve :)

Christmas Eve is when the Germans celebrate Christmas.  So on the 24th for some reason I slept in really late until about 12:30 or so. The jet lag is still hitting me. Then we had breakfast at about 1. Then I worked on some more English and took another nap lol. I have no clue why, but I've been super tired since I've been here. I can't really figure out why though. 

Christin, Thomas and I went to church at 4 o'clock. It was again a nativity play. This one was a traditional one though which was a nice change. They modernized it a bit which was really cool. After church we went back to the house and waited for the Oma to come. When she arrived we had tea, hot chocolate, and lots of Christmas baked goods including the Oreo balls that Christin made. After that we opens presents. I was shocked that I got so much. I definitely didn't expect it. I had gifts for them but I don't it just didn't really cross my mind that I'd be getting gifts back. From Oma I got a really cool picture that is made out of stones and creates a full scene. It's a traditional thing from her home land. She is originally from the part of Germany that is now Russia. The Oma cracked me up. She was a traditional old person. Always saying how back in my day we did this and this, or can you speak louder? When you talk so quiet and with your accent I can't understand you. Ahaha okay ill scream so you can hear me. I gave Ann christin her gifts and she liked the license plate. She now has 3. One from Texas, Missouri, and New York. Texas from when she was an exchange student, Missouri from me, of course, and New York from her current boyfriend who is from there. I gave the family an ornament that has the family name and all the different names on it of everyone in the family. (Even though Lysann is in Wyoming this yet on her exchange I still put her name in there. ) they loved it! I'm glad my mom is really good at thinking of presents. My favorite gift I received was a cookbook. It was really funny because just the day before I was thinking how I want to buy a cookbook to take home and trying to think of the places I could go to get one. Now I don't have to :). After presents we had dinner. It was really good we have some meat potatoes rotkohl (something I'm not too fond of) and then teremisu   (I'm not sure how to write it, but its the Italian desert that is really good and has coffee on the bottom in the cookies) 

After that we Skyped with lysann. Her host dog was having babies. The dog had had 8 babies. That's a lot if puppies. After all that was done we cleaned up, Grandma went home and everyone went to bed. Since I had slept all day I really wasn't able to sleep...oops. I like Christmas in Germany. It's nice, but I do have to say I can't wait for next year and to be home for Christmas.