Advent Time Is Magic For Children

One of the most special occasions in any German club is the “Kinderbescherung”, a seasonal activity that sees children, parents and grandparents come together for some yuletide fun.

The Hansa Choir with song and poetry

In the Hansa Club they were welcomed by the Hansa Choir under the direction of Dieter Wütherich. All the members were sitting on the stage, while singing our traditional “Weihnachtslieder” and choir members reading poetry, thus leaving plenty of room for the kids to roam around while the grownups were having coffee and cake.

The children sing and drum along

This December there seemed to be more kids than ever before. The club prepared gifts for 40 children and was surprised by grandparents with another almost equally big number of unannounced children. Their eyes were shining in anticipation of Santa Claus coming not only to town but actually arriving in the Club, which eventually he did. But first they sang along under the guidance of Dieter Wütherich and some of the children participated in the “Little Drummer Boy” song by using kitchen utensils as sticks and drums to do the papaparapam. What a wonderful Mr. Wütherich had!

Then Santa and his elf arrived.

Santa's arrival
Children flock to him

All children sat on Santa’s lap to receive a gift from one of his helpers. Astonishing was that no one cried this year. And if the kids were too small to understand what this was all about it was a memorable occasion for the proud and happy parents to spend their children’s early Christmas experience in this communal setting. Many photos were snapped to commemorate this event.

Peter Lamprecht and his accordion

This wonderful and memorable afternoon ended with Peter Lamprecht playing his accordion to everyone’s joy.    SFR.