CashewNut 🏴@lemmy.world to Ask UK@feddit.uk · 11 months agoJust how German are "German Christmas Markets"?message-squaremessage-square34fedilinkarrow-up124arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up121arrow-down1message-squareJust how German are "German Christmas Markets"?CashewNut 🏴@lemmy.world to Ask UK@feddit.uk · 11 months agomessage-square34fedilinkfile-text
All the staff are bloody English! How am I meant to practice German if none of them bloody speak it?! False advertising.
minus-squarePistcow@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·11 months agoYou drink weird tasting warmed wine and eat stale pretzels. Creepy European Santa is present. Also, pop-up shops and I didn’t know dried horse meat was a thing in Frankfort.
minus-squareZ3k3@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·11 months agoSounds like a regular Christmas Market. Never heard of a German one though
minus-squareDarkThoughts@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up3·11 months agoThey are from Germany, that’s why some call them “German” Christmas Market.
minus-squareKusimulkku@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·11 months agoGlühwein is awesome. How does European Santa differ from I’m guessing British Santa?
minus-squareKusimulkku@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 months agoLooks like regular Santa to me, not sure what’s creepy about that. Is British Santa not the same as that?
minus-squarePistcow@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 months agoI’m used to Coca-Cola (capatilist) santa.
minus-squareKusimulkku@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 months agoI don’t think “European Santa” is very far from that, with bunch of variations across Europe of course
You drink weird tasting warmed wine and eat stale pretzels. Creepy European Santa is present. Also, pop-up shops and I didn’t know dried horse meat was a thing in Frankfort.
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But the horse meat!?
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Horse schlong pretzels.
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Sounds like a regular Christmas Market. Never heard of a German one though
They are from Germany, that’s why some call them “German” Christmas Market.
Glühwein is awesome. How does European Santa differ from I’m guessing British Santa?
Looks like regular Santa to me, not sure what’s creepy about that. Is British Santa not the same as that?
I’m used to Coca-Cola (capatilist) santa.
I don’t think “European Santa” is very far from that, with bunch of variations across Europe of course