1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:03,320 A: Ok, so last Christmas Eve. 2 00:00:03,320 --> 00:00:04,940 A: What does that day look like for us. 3 00:00:04,940 --> 00:00:06,060 A: I take my time getting up. 4 00:00:06,060 --> 00:00:08,700 A: Then I help my mom with the cooking, the chopping, you know, with preparing everything for the evening. 5 00:00:08,700 --> 00:00:10,740 A: We slice food and get things ready. 6 00:00:10,740 --> 00:00:11,580 A: Then we eat. 7 00:00:11,580 --> 00:00:15,140 A: Then we decorate the tree, make it look pretty. 8 00:00:15,140 --> 00:00:15,940 A: After that I take a shower. 9 00:00:15,940 --> 00:00:17,260 A: We have to take turns, mom, dad, and I. 10 00:00:17,260 --> 00:00:20,600 A: After we shower, we sit down together for coffee and cake. 11 00:00:20,600 --> 00:00:23,200 A: We take our time and enjoy it. 12 00:00:23,200 --> 00:00:25,240 A: Later, my brother joins us. 13 00:00:25,240 --> 00:00:28,320 A: Then we head out to church together. 14 00:00:28,320 --> 00:00:31,260 A: Well, I have to sit through that for 45 minutes. 15 00:00:31,260 --> 00:00:32,860 A: It means nothing to me. It’s boring. 16 00:00:32,860 --> 00:00:34,840 A: But mainly I just stare into space. 17 00:00:34,840 --> 00:00:37,720 A: I see a few people, neighbors, whom I have known since I was a child. 18 00:00:37,720 --> 00:00:39,640 A: I watch them to see how they’ve changed. 19 00:00:39,640 --> 00:00:42,620 A: When the service is over we go home. 20 00:00:42,620 --> 00:00:44,800 A: Then we serve dinner. 21 00:00:44,800 --> 00:00:46,720 A: We eat together and chat. 22 00:00:46,720 --> 00:00:49,920 A: At some point, we’ve eaten so much that we feel stuffed. 23 00:00:49,920 --> 00:00:52,720 A: Then we play the usual game of dice. 24 00:00:52,720 --> 00:00:57,980 A: If you roll a six you bring over a present and announce for whom it is. 25 00:00:57,980 --> 00:01:00,940 A: For example, I’ll bring over a present that is from my mom for my dad, so I give it to him. 26 00:01:00,940 --> 00:01:02,880 A: He opens it so we can all see what it is. 27 00:01:02,880 --> 00:01:05,180 A: Then we continue taking turns rolling the dice. 28 00:01:05,180 --> 00:01:08,980 A: Some years my mom has to get up all the time to get a present because she rolls so many sixes. 29 00:01:08,980 --> 00:01:11,240 A: Another year, I have to get up a lot because I roll so many sixes. 30 00:01:11,240 --> 00:01:13,560 A: One year it’s my dad who ha to do it. It’s like that sometimes. 31 00:01:13,560 --> 00:01:16,540 A: There’s also been a year where I just had to go get presents once or twice. 32 00:01:16,540 --> 00:01:17,740 A: I was rolling the dice again and again but nothing happened. 33 00:01:17,740 --> 00:01:19,820 A: I even rolled them three times in a row but didn’t get a six. 34 00:01:19,820 --> 00:01:22,220 A: Sometimes it doesn’t work out with the dice. 35 00:01:22,220 --> 00:01:24,960 A: We usually play until about 11 pm. 36 00:01:24,960 --> 00:01:27,180 A: We play for a long time, one and a half or two hours. 37 00:01:27,180 --> 00:01:29,040 A: We’re not in a hurry to roll the dice and chat a lot while playing. 38 00:01:29,040 --> 00:01:31,020 A: We discuss which presents were special. 39 00:01:31,020 --> 00:01:32,100 A: That’s how we do it. 40 00:01:32,100 --> 00:01:34,840 A: At about 11 pm I feel tired and exhausted. 41 00:01:34,840 --> 00:01:38,520 A: After all, I was up all day running around busily. So I’m exhausted. 42 00:01:39,460 --> 00:01:43,900 C: Asks about how the Christmas tree is decorated. 43 00:01:42,740 --> 00:01:44,780 A: Yes, I do that together with my mom. 44 00:01:44,780 --> 00:01:50,780 A: We decorate it with silver, red, yellow, and green ornaments. 45 00:01:46,620 --> 00:01:46,860 A: SILBER1A 46 00:01:46,620 --> 00:01:46,860 A: silber 47 00:01:49,940 --> 00:01:50,700 A: GRÜN1A 48 00:01:49,940 --> 00:01:50,700 A: grün 49 00:01:50,780 --> 00:01:54,400 A: We hang them using these, um, these kinda strings. 50 00:01:54,400 --> 00:01:56,320 A: They are silver and we hang them all over the tree. 51 00:01:56,320 --> 00:01:57,440 A: We also have a few very old baubles. 52 00:01:57,440 --> 00:01:59,720 A: There’s one that is 50 years old, or rather from the 50s. 53 00:01:59,720 --> 00:02:01,540 A: It’s a really old bauble, we hang it somewhere near the top. 54 00:02:01,540 --> 00:02:03,320 A: We also hang up some stars. 55 00:02:03,320 --> 00:02:06,100 A: On top we put an ornate tree topper. 56 00:02:06,100 --> 00:02:08,100 A: Everything’s shiny and glistening. Yeah.