Christmas is for Children
 Ever year a special event is planned in most German clubs for
and around children. This year we went to join the crowd in the
German Canadian Club Hansa. The house was so packed that a seat
was almost impossible to come by.
| Making crafts |
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| Attraction
Gingerbread House |
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 It is just so gratifying to
watch children and their parents and grandparents sit together
making crafts, playing, singing,
 watching the kids go in and out
of the Gingerbread House, and waiting for Santa Claus and
enjoying Stollen and cookies.
Of course, the most important
thing is the arrival of the man in red. President Robert Gutwein
got everyone singing to Albert Dittgen’s accordion play.
After a
co-coordinated effort he finally arrived. He must have landed on
the roof because he came down from upstairs, carrying a big sack
full of goodies.
The children gathered around and Santa spoke to
all of them and listened to them before he gave them their
present. Naturally, there was an elf to help out. Of all the
children, from the smallest to the tallest, only one was afraid
of Santa Claus and cried. That is a pretty good record! Everyone
else was all smiles.
| ...and brings
presents to all |
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