Barborky

There is a tradition for today's feast of St. Barbara. We picked up some apple twigs and put them in a vase. Well, actually you should do that with cherry twigs but we could not find any in our neighbourhood and as it was cold and rainy outside, we settled with apple.

 Now we have to wait for the first blossom. The number of day after St. Barbara's day on which the first blossom will be noticed means the number of most happy month in 2012.

Let's see...

Writing to Ježíšek

Our Christmas gift-bringer is not Santa, Père Noël, Weihnachtsmann or any other of the laughing fat men in red. No, friends. We wait every year for our Ježíšek, a mysterious spirit-like child who brings things we wish, then  rings a little bell and disappears in all modesty to watch our joy covertly.  Every year we try to spot him, we feel that we saw a little corner of his cloak three years ago but we really do not know how he exactly looks like. Even Wikipedia is not sure about it. There is something about Ježíšek - to us, Ježíšek and all the Christmas magic coming with him is something what we wish to preserve.  

So, every Advent, we write letters to him. Some of us draw their wishes, others write long letters about all the important events in previous year.

After finishing the letters, we hang them on a string outside from the window and wait for him to arrive and take them.

It may take several days. Soon, we are sure, the girls will excitedly tell us that the letters are gone. Then we will know: he could find us even so far avay! Hallelujah! 

Dancing for St. Nicolaus

Friday morning

Colds

First December

Fine arts and vaudeville

 1. Labyrinth of the World and Paradise of the Heart

 2. Policeman Eddie in front of the school

3. Tom Waits jr. ;-)