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New Year's Eve
in Germany

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Fireworks are among the most common New Year's Eve customs in Germany

Fireworks

"Bleigiessen".

 Another widespread custom is telling fortunes by the shapes molten lead takes when dropped into cold water. This is called "Bleigiessen".
A Family New Year's Day
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In the morning

I buy fireworks with my father.

I decorate the living-room with balloons and streamers.

Just fireworks

In the afternoon

I play games with my brothers and sisters.

I have a nap to keep fit for the long night.

Playing games.

fondue     buffet

 I go out into the street with my friends to produce some small fireworks.

My mother prepares a buffet or light hot meal.

In the evening

Friends and relatives arrive to celebrate New Year's Eve with my family.

We play games and dance.

We wait for the clock to strike 12.

We wish each other a happy new year.

Sekt     berliner

 The adults drink "Sekt" (a sparkling wine), the children soft drinks and everybody clinks glasses.

We eat "Berliners" (a kind of dough nut).

We watch the fireworks and produce our own.

fireworks

Happy New Year.
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The contents of this page were prepared by the girls and boys of class 4a of the Catholic Primary School Farmsen at Hamburg/Germany in the context of the Comenius project "Eurotales".