Every Weinachtsmarkt (christmas market) in Germamy has multiple booths selling Gingerbread hearts. I had heard the tradition. When one receives a heart this person must wear it around there neck for the rest of the day.
I recently moved in with a new host family the Schruhls, and they took me to a few historic Weinachtsmarkts in Dresden with some family friends, where the first ever weinachtsmarkt began in 1434. There they bought me a 12 inch heart, and being a good exchange student I put it around my neck despite its unusually large size. As the day went on, people kept giving me weird looks and I began to notice that no one else was wearing a heart, despite how many were being sold. They assured me that this was tradition and took many pictures, but continued to giggle. I really began to wonder so they told me to ask a "random" boy on teh street if this was tradition. He assured me it was and that sometimes it is good to even wear it to school the next day. The heart was becoming quite heavy and my hsot family could not stop laughing. I found out they had bribed the boy to give me that answer.
The day's hazing event has been told to many since. My new host family is fun, playful, and they have very large hearts.
I recently moved in with a new host family the Schruhls, and they took me to a few historic Weinachtsmarkts in Dresden with some family friends, where the first ever weinachtsmarkt began in 1434. There they bought me a 12 inch heart, and being a good exchange student I put it around my neck despite its unusually large size. As the day went on, people kept giving me weird looks and I began to notice that no one else was wearing a heart, despite how many were being sold. They assured me that this was tradition and took many pictures, but continued to giggle. I really began to wonder so they told me to ask a "random" boy on teh street if this was tradition. He assured me it was and that sometimes it is good to even wear it to school the next day. The heart was becoming quite heavy and my hsot family could not stop laughing. I found out they had bribed the boy to give me that answer.
The day's hazing event has been told to many since. My new host family is fun, playful, and they have very large hearts.
Very funny! We need one of those pictures with this blog entry!
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