I live in NRW, Germany. When we had a Sylvester party at home we used to give our guests lucky charms as Schornsteinfeger (chimney sweeper), Glücksschwein (piglet made of marzipan) or 4-blättrige Kleeblätter (4 loaves clover chocolates). We ate Raclette or Fondue, sometimes had Bowle (Punch) or Glühwein and played Blindes Bleigießen where you blind folded pour lead to make figures which supposedly have a certain meaning concerning your future. The last years before covid we went out to dinner and dance instead.

Rummelpottlaufen actually exists and is a real tradition where I come from, i.e. Schleswig-Holstein. Esp. in the rural areas you go, if you have no children, a little later for the singing from house to house, around maybe 8pm. Each time I was part of a singing Rummelpott-party, we were already so drunk before 12, that sometimes none of us had a memory of what happened after 10pm and how we got to our party-homebase. Definitely a tradition.

I'm not German and my German language skills are pretty bad but I adore every one of your videos because you look so happy and energetic and it makes me feel happy. I hope you had a wonderful new years eve and that 2022 brings only the best things to you and your loved ones. Stay awesome, stay amazing!

Rummelpott is actually a thing. At least in the rural regions of Schleswig-Holstein in the very north of Germany. I remember doing this in my teenage years. It is basically exactly as you describe it: Going from house to house, singing some songs and begging for sweats and especially also for alcohol. Very often you then get invited into the house to drink some Schnaps. I also remember my parents buying candies and Schnaps to be prepared when the people came knocking at the door on New Years eve. It is very similar to what you are doing in the USA during Halloween. However I also have the feeling that the tradition of „Rummelpott laufen“ has become less popular over the past years. There is actually an article on the German Wikipedia as well under Rummelpottlaufen: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rummelpottlaufen .

@Nikkoo1985

2 жыл бұрын

100% true. Also the songs you're singing are (as far as I experienced) all in lower German. I'm from a bigger city of Schleswig Holstein and I only learned about Rummelpott after dating someone from the rural areas of Dithmarschen.

@christiankastorf1427

2 жыл бұрын

@@Nikkoo1985 A friend of mine ( originally from the Black Forest area) moved from Kiel to Eckernförde (at the Baltic) and invited us for a "silvester party" at his home. When we arrived he remarked that some masked children had rung at his door, sang weird songs and left the impression that they were begging for something. And others had come as well from the late afternoon on. Back in Kiel nobody had ever done that and he was fully ignorant about that tradition. My girlfriend ( from a small town near the Northsea) and me ( from Flensburg) were roaring with laugther.

Du hast eine Tradition vergessen: "Dinner for One" schauen.

I’m from NRW in germany and this is what i know about these traditions: 1: lucky characters → true, very common 2: serving bowle → never had bowle on nye, i don’t know, but sounds legit 3: no clothes on the line on new year’s → true, my mum always tells me, but never heard of this dying thing 4: chancellor’s new year’s speech → not really a tradition, but sometimes we do 5: sauerkraut & lentil soup → never! we always have raclette and many other families have too 6: rummelpott-lauf → never heard, never did 7: avoiding eating fish on new year’s → also never heard haha Happy new year!

Hi! Great Video! I am from Austria, living in Switzerland right now and yes, there are "Glücksbringer" such as ladybugs, pigs or mushrooms, that is totally true. We also had "Bowle" even as a kid, my grandparents made a kids version without alcohol. In my family it is totally a thing not to have clothes hanging on christmas or new year, that is bad luck... haven't heard of the "otherwise someone dies" thing before though... :-) all of the other tradition I have never heard of. :-) Greetings from Zürich!

Also die erste Tradition ist schon geläufiger denn das finden von vier blättrigen Kleeblättern in Kleefeldern oder auf Wiesen ist schon selten und z. B. Schornsteinfegern die Hand zu schütteln soll ebenfalls Glück bringen, weswegen es dann auch Glück bringt diese Gegenstände zu verschenken. Die Sachen gibt es dann in Knallbonbons, Tischbomben oder auch als Schokolade oder Marzipane. Bei der Bowle muss ich immer an den Film „Die Feuerzangenbowle“ denken und Bowle trinken ist auch sehr üblich. Das mit den beiden Essenstraditionen habe ich noch nie gehört und das mit der Wäsche auch nicht. Was jedoch echte Traditionen sind zumindest bei uns: Tischfeuerwerk mit Tischbomben, Eisfontänen und auch „Moog Nico Pfauenaugen“(leider nicht mehr Kaufbar aber wir haben noch einen großen Vorrat hehe) dann natürlich Bleigießen oder mittlerweile Zinngießen, da Blei verboten wurde. Raclette essen, „Dinner for one“ schauen, und bis Mitternacht noch Spiele spielen oder auch einen Film schauen.

@Yungneas

2 жыл бұрын

Same die anderen Sachen noch nie gehört

The laundry one is definitely a thing in my family. It says if the laundry is still wet/hanging on the racks, someone beloved in the family will die in the new year... My mom makes sure she doesn't wash on New Year's Eve or the day before so the laundry will be dry for sure. And we also drop a "Fisch-Schuppe" in our purses. Maybe it's regional🤷

Ever heard of "Schwein gehabt" oder "schwein haben"? That is a term for being lucky / having luck and so the little pigs are just "have luck in the new year" wishes more or less. Yes, this is done and you will see it around (especially in bakeries made of chocolate or marzipan), but I never did get or gift them to somebody else. So do not be to upset if you are not getting such a thing. ;) - Schwein / Pig => A term for being lucky is "Schwein gehabt". It often means, that you could feed your family even through the cold if you had a pig. - 4-blättriges Kleeblatt / 4 leaved clover => It is pretty rare to find a naturally grown, 4 leaves clover (at least the types of clover which grow here) and so if you find one, that is considered a sign of great luck. - Schornsteinfeger / chimney sweeper => I am not exactly sure why, but touching or even kissing a chimney sweeper is considered as giving luck. There is very likely a good explaination why, but I can not think of one right now ;). - Marienkäfer / Lady bugs => those are considered as very valuable / handy / useful bugs which will help to get rid of lice and so on. And they are just nice to look at and pretty calm bugs which many people just like. But what I find interesting: Shouldn't there be "Maikäfer" on the list instead of lady bugs? Those are somehow considered to bring luck too, maybe because they are indicators of a good harvest later on (but I am really not sure if that is true or just a myth. - Lucky mushrooms/Glückspilze... I have seen those too and it really is a term too "Du bist ein Glückspilz!" => you are a very lucky person, but I am really not sure why that is considered lucky, especially because the mushroom with a red head and white points on it is in general very poisonous.

@raoulm.kisselbach1115

2 жыл бұрын

The chimney sweeper brings luck for one easy reason: he cleans the chimney, so the steam and smoke from the housefire can get out. Otherwise the inhabitants were at risk of getting a dangerous fire inside the house (which has happend quite often in earlier times).

@crappiefisher1331

2 жыл бұрын

never heard of "Maikäfer" somehow bringing luck.. it has always been "Marienkäfer"

Ich bin so beeindruckt wie gut du Deutsch sprichst nach so kurzer Zeit und ich mag deine Videos sehr! Auch finde ich das du super nett Eltern hast. Ich hoffe das du einen tollen Job findest der mit Deutsch zu tun hat der villeicht in Deutschland ist. Ich wünsche dir alles Gute für die Zukunft.

New Year lucky charms in my childhood were: Glücksklee (four-leaved clover), Glücksschwein (piggies), chimney sweep figures, Glückspilze (faje mushrooms) and Glückspfennig (a copper penny). Another Swabian New Year tradition was the Neujahrsbrezel, a HUGE braided bretzel made of soft, sweet dough.

@alexradojkovic9671

2 жыл бұрын

My German mum had mailed me quite a few wallets for my birthdays over many years. There was always a single Pfennig in them for good luck. You never give anyone a empty wallet as a present, It's unlucky. It's expected that you will now never become broke. Her packages also always had a chocolate ladybird attached. 🐞 Now I know why.

Frohes neues Montana ! Mostly the elderly do that souvenir thing. My granny for example gives us a chimney sweeper with a four leafed sorrel. It's supposed to give us luck and a good start into the new year. I have no clue though why they are lucky or so 😄 Bowle is a thing here, yes. We also do a Feuerzangenbowle. It's pretty good but probably could turn someone's lights off if one drinks too much. 😆 I've never heard that laundry thing though 😂👍 That would be horrable ! Yeah we did that Sauerkraut and spare rips tradition for years ! Really yum 😇 I don't know if I got it but that "lauf" you mentioned sounds like trick or treat. I actually never heard of that lauf on new year's eve 😄 And I also never heard of avoiding fish on that particular day 😆 maybe some deep believers do something like that but I think it's ridiculous 😅

The stay away from fish is interesting as in Denmark, where I'm from, the traditional new years dinner is cod with boiled potatoes and mustard sauce, though not many follows this tradition today. And neither do I as I have hated this dish since I was a child.

@peterdoe2617

2 жыл бұрын

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Turn of the year traditions is all about good luck (Glück)! Symbols of good luck: vierblättriges Kleeblatt (4 leaf clover), Glücksschwein (pig), Hufeisen (horseshoe), Rauchfangkehrer (chimney sweeper), Marienkäfer (ladybug); you give luck to your loved ones and your friends; sweet bonus: if it's made of chocolate... :) Washing on the line: if it's true or not, just to be safe: hang it off before the new year starts... ;) Neujahrsansprache (New Year's Speech) of the Bundespräsident of course is a tradition here in Austria. Rummelpottlaufen is a tradition in Northern Germany, AFAIK. We eat "fish" (Manner Glücksfische) here in Austria, but keep in mind: always start at the tail, starting at the head will bring bad luck. Happy New Year from Vienna, Austria - Andreas

Prosit Neujahr 🍾🥂 Very common are: Gift of 4 leaf glovers in a pot. The pot offen has a sculpture of a chimney sweep, toafstool or lucky pig attached. „Dinner for one“ on TV. Kasseler and Sauerkraut. On New Years Day it’s common to look the New Years Concert from Vienna and later the New Years Ski-jumping from Garmisch-Partenkirchen. 🍀🐷🎩🍄

In retrospect, I wish you a "Happy New Year with good luck and health". The answers show once again how differently different traditions are rooted in Germany's regions. Carp is a New Year's Eve dish, but it is no longer typical today as most people are unable to prepare such a fish properly. You should put a fish scale in your wallet, it brings luck all year round. I can still remember a mud punch, and not much after that. It includes a bottle of sparkling wine, a bottle of white wine, a bottle of vodka and a pack of vanilla ice cream.

@peterdoe2617

2 жыл бұрын

"Schneegestöber" I think is the name of it. While: "a bottle of vodka" sounds pretty hefty to me. Gruß aus Tangstedt!

@PalmyraSchwarz

2 жыл бұрын

@@peterdoe2617 Schneegestöber sounds like a near relative to Schlammbowle (mud bowle), but the people in my environment use really a complete bottle of vodka. Of course, other variants with less vodka are also possible.

@peterdoe2617

2 жыл бұрын

@@PalmyraSchwarz Haha! (no pun intendet!) Just another recipe: drill a hole into a melon. Fill that up with vodka. (The vodka will destroy the cell stucture in a while.) After a few hours: put in a straw and hand it around. Yummy. But....

Das Neujahrs-Souvenir ist eine kleine Pflanze mit 4Blättrigen Kleeblatt und da drauf steht dann meist eine Schornsteinfeger-Figur oder eine von den Sachen die du erwähnt hast (incl. Hufeisen) Klassische Sylvester-Essen sind Raclette und Fondue / Käsefondue danach dann Chips und Sekt zum Anstossen darf nicht fehlen und eine Tradition ist meist noch Bleigiessen (jetzt Wachsgiessen) wo man ein Orakel fürs neue Jahr ermittelt

Hello Montana, a little addition to "fish scale in wallet" as I have learned: here in the Koblenz region, people were used to put a knob from trousers or a shirt in, so that the wallet would not be empty, even you don't have a coin. But this was/is no special Silvester thing or a lucky charme, but a little pinch of irony in everyday life. Greetings ;-)!

Happy new year 🎉 so I am from Germany (Bavaria) so I‘ll try to answer your questions 😂 #1: I never heard of this but maybe it‘s true #2: Yes that‘s true and also often you get gifted some eatable figures out of marzipan #3: For me bowle is nothing special for New Years Eve but you can find bowle on all different types of parties #4: Yes I know the washing on the line thing and I actually don‘t have washing on the line on that day #5: The president gives a speech but the president isn‘t really important so I think nobody is really watching it #6: For me Sauerkraut is more something for Christmas with sausages and I didn‘t know that it is considered lucky food #7: I never heard of Rummelpot but we have Neujahrsanbläser that play music on brass instruments on your door for money and alcohol (you drink a shot of liquor with them normally) #8: I never heard of the avoiding fish thing

Happy New Year, Montana. This Thing with the "Fischschuppe" in the Wallet, my grandma does this. "You Wallet will never be emty!"

Hallo Montana, frohes neues Jahr! I'm a bit late to the party, but here is what I know about this. BTW, I'm from the Ruhr district in NRW. Silvester: Designating a certain day by the saint who was celebrated on that day instead of the calendar date is a catholic custom. In some catholic areas people would celebrate the day of the saint they were named after as their own "Namenstag". So if a St. Montana actually existed, the day of her festival would be your Namenstag. This was sometimes held to be more important than your birthday. And even German protestants will know that december 6 is "Nikolaus". Lucky items: They seem to be more common as party decoration nowadays or as a gift for the host of the Silvesterparty you are invited to. I know all those you named and would add chimney sweepers and horseshoes to the list. - Ladybug: No idea why - Four-leaved clover: At least over here, wild clover has only three leaves. Finding a four-leaved one happens, but is pretty rare. - pigs: No idea why. I just suppose that in the old days when food supply was often irregular to have a pig was far better than to not have a pig as food reserve. as some others here have already pointed out, "Schwein haben" means to be lucky. This is often used when a potentially very unpleasant situation has been averted by sheer luck. - mushroom: No idea why. The term "Glückspilz" is often used to describe a lucky guy, especially someone who got a very nice wife. - horseshoe. Finding one meant luck, probably because buying a new one was expensive. Sometimes it was nailed to the house above the entry door, but then always with the open side upwards. Otherwise "the luck falls out". - chimney sweeper: Unswept chimneys can catch fire, burning down the house - and often the whole neighbourhood with it in the days before organized fire brigades existed. They also might kill the people inseide by carbonmonoxide poisoning. So if you see a chimney sweeper in your street, one of your neighbours has had his chimney swept and this is luck because the risk of fire in your street is now a bit diminished. Also, you can use the opportunity and ask him if he would sweep your chimneys. Having your chimney swept or maintenanced in certain intervals is nowadays mandated by law in Germany. Bowle: No longer popular with younger people, I guess, but my parents would make one when they hosted a party. Especially, but not exclusively, on new years eve. No clothes on the line: This superstition goes back to very old heathen beliefs, somone already mentioned the Wild Hunt and Rauhnächte. But it also makes totally sense in firework-crazy modern Germany. Even if your favourite shirt does not get singed by a stray rocket, all the smoke will probably mean that you have to wash it again. Chancellors speech: Sometimes I do watch it, but not always. Like most people, I guess. "Dinner for One" used to be very popular, with many fans watching it religiously every year. This British sketch by Freddy Frinton and May Ward, recorded back in the black/white aera, is totally unknown in England, but for many (West-)Germans it is the most powerful example of Englishness as they know it. Sauerkraut and lentils: Not in my family or wider social circles. Rummelpottlauf: Not in my region, probably rural areas. Avoid eating fish: I do not know about that. Stuff like pickled hering or smoked salmon/trout is often found on typical party buffets. Greetings from the Ruhr district!

Happy new year! I'm German and i will answer what i can xD Number 1: lucky figurines is true^^ they are sometimes made of Marzipan and sometimes just figurines made of plastic or whatever^^ so: true! Number 2: Bowle yeah why not.. but I know it more in the summer. Number 3: I've heard it but it's like every one of those.. Like black cats and walking under a ladder.. i don't believe in that stuff. Number 4: many people do that. Mostly older people^^ Number 5: I've never heard anything like that . Most people eat Raclette or fondue (like hot pot) Number 6: Rumpelpott ? I've not heard that name tbh.. maybe it's not done here in northern Germany.. but I've heard people going from house to house begging for alcohol 😂 but I'm not sure if they wear costumes? I've never done it XD The fish thing.. I've heard that one but I've also heard that people eat fish on new years.. especially carp (?) So might be true xD I've just never heard that any fish but carp is supposed to be bad luck.

Yes, "Rummelpott" was a tradition in Hamburg-Blankenese (where my grandparents lived and my father grew up), too. My father told me the kids there still did it in the 40s and 50s, but as far as I know this custom is forgotten in 2022.

@christiankastorf1427

2 жыл бұрын

Some children still do it in the Flensburg region. They dress up fanciful and sing weird songs in Low German. The expression "Rummelpott" comes from the rumbling noise of the main instrument that was homemade for that occasion. An earthenware pot was covered with a tightly stretched pig's bladder and a hole was pierced in its middle. When a stick was then pushed in and out through that hole the skin vibrated and made that rumbling noise.

@janpracht6662

2 жыл бұрын

@@christiankastorf1427 Sounds to me like Helloween in the nordic version... 👻🤔

@christiankastorf1427

2 жыл бұрын

@@janpracht6662 Very much so, it serves to scare away bad spirits.

Well, the traditions in my family are simply: Mainly play some board/card games, watch Dinner for One and the Silvester episode from an old TV show called "Ein Herz und eine Seele" and then wait for the war zone feeling after midnight

My mother told me that it brings bad luck if you wash clothes between Christmas and New Year.

The first fact is right👍 but its not only for silvester people also send emoji’s of those things for wishing good luck for an exam or something like this🍀

Ich kenne Fisch essen zu Silvester (oder Neujahr), Blei gießen, Bowle trinken, Sekt anstoßen am Jahreswechsel, Dinner for One (The same procedure as every year) gucken. Die wenigsten schauen sich an, was der Kanzler oder die Kanzlerin sagt (übrigens zu Weihnachten hält der Bundespräsident eine Fernsehansprache).

Deine Videos machen immer Laune. Bowle war bei uns immer fester Bestand eines Sylvesterabends. Pfannkuchen und Sekt zum Anstossen.

Guten Rutsch, liebe Montana ! ^__^ "2022 / Zweitausendzweiundzwanzig - Just because it´s Fun to say, I think it´ll be a GOOD Year !"??? =D Haha ! You are funnny, as always ! ^__^ Yes, it´s totally true, what you read: Good Luck Charms or Figurines , especially for New Years in Germany are: *Ladybugs, pink little Pigs or Piglets ("Glücksschwein"), Four-Leaf Clovers, "lucky Mushrooms" (Glückspilze), the Horseshoe* ...AND also the black *Chimneysweep* ! ^__^ Of all these "Figurines of Luck and Fortune", the Horseshoe and the Four-Leaf Clover are GENERALLY used throughout the whole Year, not only on New Years Eve. =) But of course: ;-) We are aware, that we are talking about good Luck WISHES, and aside from that even sometimes a solid Portion of Superstition, aren´t we ?! 8-P The "Punsch" and the "Bowle" for New Years Eve, as well as for Christmas Season, is surely a Thing here. =) Sad, that you don´t like our Sauerkraut ! Did you really try a SELF-MADE one yet ? I make my own raw Sauerkraut in a Pot / Pottery Container myself. It´s so much better than the bought & cooked one. 8-P And if you mix the Sauerkraut INTO the Lentil-Soup, it´s even BETTER than each of them seperately. ^__^ Heck, As a Vegetarian, I avoid the Fish anyways the WHOLE Year round ! 8-P Haha ! Believe it: "Rummelpottlaufen" really exists, Montana: But only in the northernmost Region of Germany, bordering to Denmark (Schleswig-Holstein). ----> de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rummelpottlaufen You won´t find that Tradition even a little farther to the South already.

The pig as a lucky charm or something is maybe because of the Sprichwort "Da hattest du aber Schwein" oder "Schwein gehabt" wich means to have had luck

We always had lentils on lunch before Christmas Eve and New Years Eve, with the idea that the lentils somehow turn into coins.

Not to forget pouring lead on New Year's Eve!

Older German here, just commenting on two: I seriously don't think that anybody really watches the chancellor's speech as part of the new year's celebration. It's just that many people watch the Tagesschau, so the 8 pm news show, and they always broadcast it during that time slot. I actually did watch it, mostly by accident, and it was the most boring ten minutes I experienced throughout the whole year. I did eat different kinds of fish on New Year's Eve. I guess some of those traditions are, like you also said, probably regional (never heard of the children asking for sweets at the door, for instance).

While some traditions might be regional and not that common overall in Germany, those are the ones I know and did or do... Drinking: - Bowle (usually mixed fruits including their juice being mixed with schnapps for a day to soak, then before serving mixed with wine and champagne in a big glass bowl). There is also "Feuerzangenbowle" (fire punch) where some block of sugar is soaked in hard licor and set on fire, so the sugar is melting and dropping into the fluid... - champagne (for toasting) - also other alcololics like beer & wine Eating: - Raclette - Silvester Karpfen (grilled sylvester carp) - different little snacks like chips, nuts, salt sticks etc. Wishes & possible gifts: Before midnight there are wishes for a "Guten Rutsch" - smooth slide into the new year, after midnight you wish everyone a Happy New Year. Its all about having or being lucky during the upcoming year. So you might come across some small souvenirs or items which represent "luck", either just for decoration or some of them might be edible (made of marzipan). Typical items / figurines "of luck" are: - chimney sweeper (as their profession of cleaning chimneys help prevent burndown of the house. If you see a real chimney sweeper during the year, you might touch them on their black uniform to get some dirt from them for getting luck as well. - 4-leaved clover (very rare in nature, much more common are 3 leaves), thus you can count yourself lucky in finding one. - little toadstool (mushroom) - little "luck" piglets - often with a lucky "penny" or cent sticking in their back - wishes to always have some money. Of course all kinds of fireworks at midnight to scare away the bad. At a party some are also into "Bleigießen" - melting some lead on a spoon then pour into cold water and guessing what the solidified form might be... Common TV shows when celebrating at home with family & friends: - "Dinner for One" (being shown on nearly every German TV channel once at the evening of 31st of December) - "Neujahrsansprache" - mostly viewed by the elderly generation - different TV happy "party" shows to sing along or dance with the usual countdown during the last seconds of the old year. At midnight you're then usually clinging with champaign, hugging, kissing and wishing a Happy New Year to everyone being with you.

I think it is quite normal to gift little figures regarded as bringing luck on new years eve or day. However, it is not a common practice. Never heard about carrying a fish scale in the wallet. And the Rummelpottlauf might be a regional subject. I grew up in North Rhine-Westfalia and living half of my Life near Munich im Bavaria. I never heard of either traditions.

Happy NYE! :) Frohes neues Jahr 2022! 🎉🥂🥰

Ein frohes neues, gesundes und erfolgreiches Jahr.

Ich wünsche Dir und Deiner Familie ein frohes, gesundes, glückliches und erfolgreiches neues Jahr!!! 🥂🌠🍀🐞🐷🍄🌟🍇🎩 Vielen Dank für Deine vielen schönen Videos. These traditions are mostly believings in something, will all around the world have different things that we believe, because they give hope and let people go on with their lives. I know that a lot of hotels or high towers in the US don't use the 13 as a room or floor number.

1. Giving out little lucky items: yes, but more so in my youth, so it's becomig outdated 2. Bowle: yes, but more so in my youth 3. Clothes lines: never heard of it. 4. New years' speech: yes, but your're right about the older generation 5. Sauerkraut and lentil soup: depends on the region (way more specific than "the south") 6. Dingsbumslauf (don't remember the exact name): probably depends on the region (way more specific than "the south"). Very likely true, though. We never did it on this date but on St. Martin's Day in October with lanterns and special St. Martin's songs. 7. I know the tradition of eating carp. We alway had carp and we had to pre-order it because everyone wanted to buy one.

I know, I am very late. The lucky symbols are true. In my parents' youth (70s), drinking punch (Bowle) was very popular for many occasions. I personally have not observed this tradition. My parents do still own a beautiful set of glassware for punch, but I have never seen it in use. I live in NRW. I have heard about Rummelpott laufen in books playing in other parts of Germany. It's not a thing in NRW, at least as far as I know. If I remember correctly, yes, my grandmother also had this thing about not having laundry hanging on the lines during Christmas and New year's. I don't remember whether it was because it looks untidy or because of a superstition. I have never had Sauerkraut or lentils for New Year's Eve. We either had raclette or some other delicious food.

You might be surprised: 1. Figures: Its part of new years decoration, like Snowmans for Christmas. We had a 4 leaf clover plant with a chimney sweeper made out of pipe cleaner as decoration on the table for a many years. 2. Bowle: While never had it, I know some do. 3. Clothes: Never heard of it. 4. Chancellor's speech: Heard of it, never did it. 5. Lentil Soup and Sauerkraut: Never heard of it, but could be true. 6. Rummelpottlaufen: Never heard of it. 7. Eating fish: Never heard of it.

I was once in a youth group while Silvester, new year. There was a bole on a closed pot. Everyone should taste and guess the recipe. The guesswork was wild, but nobody knew one ingredient: a washed sock! When everyone had tried it and the socks were pulled out, the mood was high!

@jensschroder8214

2 жыл бұрын

Chancellor New Years Speech. One year, the broadcaster had confused the recording and broadcast the program from the previous year. It did not appear at all, only when wishes for the wrong year were mentioned in the end, the person in charge noticed.

Happy New Year to u and ur family!!

Frohes neues Jahr! I think these are traditions which are mostly regional and probaly more common in the past. The speech of the chancellor is brought on TV but I don't know anyone really following this. This time it was the first time for Olaf Scholz. Actually I missed one tradition my family is following: Watching "Dinner for one" on TV. Actually it is almost inevitable and beside the orginal from 1963 there are numerous covers. It is mostly common in German speaking countries and Australia.

So, for Bavaria, you should have experienced "Bleigießen" (throwing a few grams of molten lead in water and interpreting the form that comes out - which should enable you to predict your future for the next year...)

I haven't heard the traditions u mentioned... am from Hamburg, Germany. We usually watch all this TV show called "dinner for two" and we play games like this "pour lead game" that predicts the future (dunno name in engl). and of course fireworks on near year / 0:01 I think I remember something with a lil cute piggy that should bring luck: my mom used to place a marzipan pig at our breakfast dish.... for luck :) long time ago...

My family occasionally does the figurines thing. In our case they are marzipan piglets. Another good look character is the chimney sweep btw. All the others didn't ring a bell. The bowle seems familiar, but I've never experienced a Silvester Bowle myself.

@TheSkinnyZ

2 жыл бұрын

Wait, of course the Neujahrsansprache is a thing. But not that important to most people in my experience.

I wouldn't call the chancellor's speech an "important tradition", but yes, every year the chancellor records a speech which is broadcast on public TV on New Year's Eve, right after the news (Tagesschau). So most people who watch the news also stay for the speech. Other news shows usually give a short summary of the speech. Similarly, a speech by the federal president is aired on Christmas Eve. Fun fact: In 1986, the public TV accidentally(?) showed Helmut Kohl's speech from the previous year.

Silvester this year has shown that we don't need fireworks to have a great Silvester. It was the most quiet night in years, and I guess my budgie wouldn't have made it this year if it weren't for the regulations. Less pollution, less toxic waste, fewer damaged cars and broken windows, and most importantly, fewer injuries and deaths. I've seen fireworks though.

Little figurines... Not really. But maybe little figurines made out of Marzipan. Horseshoes and Chimney Sweepers are symbols for luck, too - that you can find as marzipan figurines at New Years, too. Bowle is nothing special for New Years and aren't so usual today anymore but were a staple 20 to 40 years ago - but might be still common in many households. Wine and Champagne - maybe added by fruit choose or sparkling water or harder liquour (that is up to the alcohol level you would like) - added with fruits that soaked in the alcohol was pretty common then. In my family the Maibowle was common - ingredient of that was the woodruff my grandfather always collected for that and dried on the window (we had various birthdays in May and June).

Sadly you haven't mentioned "Bleigiessen" or watching "Dinner for one" on new year's eve. Like you said that website must be REALLY old.

You know more about German Silvester than me as a German.

"Schornsteinfeger & das 🍀"😆

...and: Thank you for explaining, WHY on Earth we have such a strange, english-sounding & english-looking Word like "Bowle" in our German Language. ^__^ I have been wondering about that Mystery cluelessly for YEARS ! 8-P

I always lived in germany and never heared about any of this stuff except the little figures, which my grandma gives to us every year😅

I live in Austria and so number one (giving little things - lucky pics, mushrooms) is totally true, I don't know if the Germans do the same but in we Austria do, number 2 is true too, we drink a lot of Punsch and bowls (bowls with fruits and alcohol we call it "Pule")

Rummelpottlaufen ist eine norddeutsche Tradition, ich glaube in der Gegend um Oldenburg. (Also sehr regional in einem sehr kleinem Gebiet) Soweit ich das kenne, machen das aber nur Erwachsene und bitte um Schnaps, der dann zusammengekippt wird. Eben im Rummelpott. Und dann wird das zeugs getrunken. Muss man mögen.

Cool Beatles photo in the back. Beatles for ever!

weird traditions? I mean we light fireworkd to scare off bad ghosts. what could be more mediveal than this? :) Rummelpottlauf was always a very northern tradition, but I'm pretty sure it's dying out.

I'd recommend to watch the episode "Silvesterpunsch" from the german TV show "Ein Herz und eine Seele" (from the seventies), if you'd like to see some german new years tratidions and learn about german humor... (It can be found here on youtube.)

Hi Montana, you did not mention the common tradition of watching 'Dinner for One' on German TV.

First of all, disclaimer: I am Austrian. - "lucky items" = Glücksbringer. Yes, they are very common here. Four-leaf clovers (real ones in nature) are rare, so you're lucky if you find them. Those mushrooms are usually fly amanitas. They are poisonous, but that's not the point. They have many dots, and this stands for wealth / a lot of money (coins resembling the dots). Same with ladybirds. - hanging laundry: I knew this one, but I didn't know what would happen if you have laundry hanging over New Year's. Omg, I had ... have to watch out for my loved ones. - president's New Year's speech: he holds it, but does anybody listen? I have no clue. - lentils: as the dots on fly amaritas or ladybirds they represent abundance. Sauerkraut: must be a German thing, never heard of it. But like you said, Sauerkraut consists of many individual shreds that might represent abundance as well. - Rummelpottlauf: huh? Never heard of it. Sounds more like Halloween's trick or treat. - not eating fish: Quite the opposite here. Special lucky biscuit fish (similar to sponge fingers) are sold in Austria, that you eat at midnight. You have to bite their tail fin off first, so that your luck doesn't swim away. - carp scale: Yeah, tiny fish are a good luck talisman for Silvester as well. Very tiny ones that you can keep in your wallet among your coins. - chimney sweepers: are popular talismans at New Year's as well. HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Traditions vary a lot depending on where you are in Germany. I'm from eastern Germany. 1. I never heard of the "Glückbringer", but I think it's likely to exist. 2. Everyone makes a Silvester Bowle here. 3. Never heard of it. 4. I never watched the speech, but surely some people do. 5. Bratwurst and potato salad is very common here on Silvester. 6. Never heard of it. 7. Carp is traditional to eat on New Years, not on New Years' Eve though. It's even called Neujahrskarpfen.

Es gibt eigentlich keine typisch deutsche Silvestertradition, das wird wahrscheinlich überall verschieden gefeiert, darunter auch so abergläubiges Zeug wie Marienkäfer und Kleeblätter. Das einzige Gemeinsame ist, dass Punkt Mitternacht nach draußen gegangen wird und Feuerwerk geschaut oder selbst angezündet wird. Man sitzt zusammen, trinkt Sekt oder Bowle, hört Musik oder schaut fern wie Dinner for One. Als Jugendliche sind wir mit Böllern und Alkohol durch die Straßen gezogen. Einige haben mit Polen-Böllern auch fremde Briefkästen gesprengt. Und jetzt treff ich mich mit Freunden zu Fimeabend, zocken, essen, trinken und Feuerwerk. Wäsche sollte man definitiv nicht raushängen, weil sie nach Rauch stinken oder mit Ruß verschmutzt werden könnte. Interessant ist auch Osterschießen, wo Blech-Milchkannen mit etwas Karbid und Wasser gefüllt, angezündet und die Deckel weggesprengt werden. Und Betteln um Süßigkeiten tun die Kinder zu Fasching: "Foasnachtsnoarrn wulln o was hoan, wulln a Strefl Kuche hoan, wulln a Strefl Speck. Murne is de Foasnacht weg." Früher im Mittelalter gab es viele Fastenzeiten, weil die einfachen Leute arm waren und sich kaum Fleisch leisten konnten und nicht jagen durften. Olaf Scholz ist jetzt Bundeskanzler.

That point with the washing comes from thr whole myth around the Rauhnachte the nights between the years the december 24 since january 6. The smoking figurines evergreen or mistletoe and holly at a doorway come from that too

Never heard one of them after living my whole life in germany

Frohes neues Jahr!!! 1) these little pigs, mostly made of marzipan, are called "Glücksbringer" and are very popular 2) "Bowle" is a popular party drink all year round and not limited to only NYE 3) having laundry on the line? I hope that isn't true - I never heard of that. I always have laundry dry..... 4) listening to the chancelor's new year's speech? The chancelor does a Xmas speech, it's the president who does one on NYE, but I'ver never listened to any of them, they are such a waste of time 5) Sauerkraut und Linsensuppe? Beides ist ekelig, yuck..... 6) ".....rundlauf": I never heard of that, and I have lived in Bremen, Hamburg, Berlin, Munich, and Frankfurt, which is basically all over GER 7) having carp on NYE is a tradition but personally, I don't like it. Fish or shrimp are essentiell items to have on your raclette on NYE However, you did miss out on the most traditional of all German NYE traditions: to watch "Dinner for One" on TV. It's a 20 minute b/w theater piece that was recorded in front of a live audience in 1963 and now holds the Guiness Book of World Records for having the most reruns in TV history. Silvester parties either start by watching it together or afterwards, giving the guests a chance to watch it for themselves. Every single publicly owned German TV station runs it at least once, starting between 18:30h and 19:10h depending on the station. Ich wünsche Dir alles Gute für 2022!!!

7:34 The carp scale is connected with Christmas in Czechia. I have no clue why.

Try frying Sauerkraut with chopped onions, it's a tasty revelation.

1st: I wish you a happy and healthy New Year. Except the Bowle I never heard of any tradition you told. In my family we made a fruit bowle(apple, cherry, pineapple and pear cuttend in small cubes; 3 days before Silvester the fruit cocktail was put into rum(2 bottles), on Silvester we filled a few bottle of white wine and Sekt(think, you call it champagne). And after midnight, so the new year we celebrate the Feuerzangenbowle(kzread.info/dash/bejne/oK15sJumctizmto.html). Also a typical German tradition is watching "Diner for one“(kzread.info/dash/bejne/Z6JruKtpoqaeiqQ.html) on TV.

Lucky charms are quite common, but I'm not sure about the others. Friends of mine watch "Dinner for One" every year, a short black/white movie, and I like "Bleigießen". You melt some lead on a spoon, with a lighter or a candle, and then drop it into cold water, where it becomes solid instantly and forms a little figure. Then you look at it (or its shadow), and what it resembles.. like an apple, a horse, a bird or sth.. comes with a particular meaning for the next year you can look up online or in books. A few years ago the use of lead for this was forbidden in the EU and exchanged for a healthier material that works and looks the same.

HAPPY NEW YEAR, Montana! Ja, ich lebe ich Deutschland. So throw them questions at me! 😝 1. The giving out of the lucky items could be true. Even tho it’s not that of a common tradition here. At least we don’t do it. The four leave clover is considered a lucky item because it is rare. Farmers believed that the ladybug (Marienkäfer auf Deutsch) was a gift from Mary (Maria), the mother of Jesus because of their usefulness in agriculture. Why the toadstool (Fliegenpilz) is considered lucky actually isn’t known. Hope that helped. 2. The serving of “Bowle” is true, but we don’t do it neither. There even is a popular episode of “Ein Herz und eine Seele” called “Silvesterpunsch” that has reruns on new year’s eve. So many people watch it to pass the time till midnight. 3. Again, I can only speak from my experience, but we never watched the chancellor’s new year’s speech, so I can’t say nothing about whether that’s true or not. But I can imagine that a few families around here do that. 4. Personally I like Sauerkraut. And it is definitively served here on new year’s. So that’s true. 5. The Rummelpottlauf one is definitely NOT true. I don’t know anyone who does that. Might have been true during the 19th century, but now no one does that here. And I’m very sure that if you would try that here, the police will be called on you. 🤣🤣 So that one is debunked. 6. The last one I’ve never heard of. So it’s probably not true neither. But you forgot the most popular tradition here in Germany, Montana. New year’s eve isn’t complete without watching “Dinner for One”. It’s a British sketch, but not popular in Great Britain at all. And I believe most of the families here in Germany watch it on new year’s eve. Hope I could help! Hope y’all have a wonderful 2022! 😄

montana du meinst mit schweinchen die glücksscheine =) die stehen einfach für glück ins neue jahr

Die "Glücksbringer" kenne ich alle, aber ich verbinde sie nicht mit Silvester/Neujahr. Aber ich bin auch nicht (aber)gläubig und beschäftige mich daher nicht mit solchen Dingen.

Hallo Montana, ein Frohes Neues Jahr und alles Gute für Dich 🙂! Ich wünsche Dir Glück und Gesundheit, und daß Deine Träume für dieses Jahr in Erfüllung gehen. And now, some answers to your questions: 1.) Not-focusing cameras are NO german Silvester tradition ;-). 2.) Yes, Dec 31st is the "Namenstag" of Pope Silvester I. Btw., in the roman-catholic church every day of the year is named after a Saint, most people don't know all these names; but the last day of the year is a special day, so Silvester's name got well-known. 3.) About "Glücksbringer" ("lucky charms"): -- Lady Bugs are popular because they eat plant pests, therefore they are considered a symbol of luck. It's important to have a harvest, otherwise you will starve. -- 4-Leaf-Clovers are very seldom in nature, most of them are 3-leaf; so if you find a 4-leaf-one you are lucky. -- "Glücksschwein" ("pig of luck") is also about food: if you have a pig, you can slaughter it and make meat and sausages. In earlier times, when supermarkets didn't exist, the poor people couldn't afford meat at all. Sometimes they maybe got a little animal like a rabbit; but a person, who had a pig (a big animal) was very lucky. -- "Glückspilz" ("mushroom of luck"): This comes from the England of 18th century, where persons who got rich very fast had been called "mushroom"; according to the way mushrooms grow very fast over night. In Germany, this saying was adopted, and someone who has a lot of luck is called "Glückspilz". Another very popular lucky charme is the Chimney Sweep, because he cleans the chimneys so they can't get on fire. In medieval times, entire villages and towns burned down to ashes, because the chimneys were full of coom/soot and dirt. After chimney sweeps began their work, this stopped. Their work is fire prevention, and if you see one doing his work, you know that risk of fire is banned - and you will be lucky. Such charmes are given for present as little figurines, often made from sweets like chocolade or marzipan, but also sometimes from plastic. 4.) "Bowle" ("punch") is an old-fashioned thing from the 60ies/70ies. I know it from my childhood, today it's less popular and more and more fading out. It was made from Sekt (champagne), a little bit Schnaps (brandy) and fruits, mostly strawberries, and it was strictly forbidden for us children to have. Of course we secretly took a strawberry, but it tasted sharp like alcohol, and we spat and felt sick. Thank you for bringing back so lovely childhood memories to me 🙂. 5.) Laundry = True 😲! In back days, loooong ago, in a time without electricity, winter was very cold and very long. Old Germans and Celts believed in the "Wilde Jagd" ("Wild Haunters") riding with the storms through the murky nights between today's Christmas and New Year. (maybe you heard the German saying "zwischen den Jahren" = "between the years"; the old one is over and the new one to come) In later centurys, this changed to a superstition that Bad Daemons are walking through the nights, and when laundry was hanging on the line, they took a piece and brought it back in the following year to cover your corpse/body. My mom was told this from her parents (my grandparents), and even if she said "it's a story", she seemed to be a little impressed. Mom passed away years ago, but I remember well. Once again: this is an old-fashioned superstition thing. Young people don't believe, even have never heard about it. 6.) The Chancellors New Year's Speech is broadcasted, yes, indeed, but only few people are real interested, mostly the elderly ones. You can't compare it with a State Of The Union Address or a Queen's/King's Christmas Message, although it's meant in a similar way. 7.) Special foods on Silvester Day are completely a regional thing. In every part of Germany you'll find something different. I'm based in the Koblenz region, south of Cologne, at the Rhine River. Mom mostly made a roast pork dish for Silvester Dinner and cooked at the same time a pot of rice soup, which was only warmed up on New Year's Day, because the party night was long and the family slept late. She just didn't want to cook again on this day. 8.) I've never heard about "Rummelpottlauf" ("rumbling pot march") ever in my life, until today. Wikipedia tells me that it is a Northern German thing, in the Bundesland Schleswig-Holstein up to Danish border. It seems to be a "Trick-Or-Treat"-Thing like American Halloween, with children calling for sweets. 9.) I don't know anything about "no fish for New Year" and never heard about in >50 years of lifetime. Deshalb weiß ich auch nicht, wofür es gut sein soll. At the end: a true Silvester tradition you forgot is "Dinner for One". Miss Sophie celebrates her 90th anniversary, and poor Butler James has to imitate her passed-away friends. de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinner_for_One "The same procedure as every year!" Dear Montana, many many thanks for this actual video, and for your videos at all. I'm following your journey for two years now, and it's never ever boring but einfach wunderbar 🙂. Unfortunally, I rarely have time to write anything, but but I always check back and can't wait for new videos. Best wishes for you and your family - bleibt auch ihr gesund. Tschüss 🙂!

Frohes neues

The Not Washing Thing and the Fish thing is actually True! At least my mum believes them (well I dont know, what exactly she believes and I think, the Not eating Fish thing is on Fasching and Not on Sylvester but we definately do that, Even though it is pretty ridiculous…)

Hi Montana! Happy new year! All of the following statements from me as a native northern German are totally my personal experience and opinion. 1. Yes, it's true. Even emojis of those symbols are sent to wish good luck. Germans love emojis in TXT-messages. Especially the fly agaric (Caution: It's poisonous and psychedelic) 2. Yes, it's traditional. Especially google for Feuerzangenbowle. Too much details to explain. But very tasty like Glühwein! 3. I've never heard of. 4. Backadays for sure but me, I'm not interested in the speech of liars. And I think it's mostly the elder generation who still watch this. And I'm a genX of 43ys. 5. I like Sauerkraut but in my experience it was not that common. 6. True for sure in the North of Germany. My wife did it as a kid bit I didn't. My ancestors are more from the South. Very similar to Halloween. 7. I've never heard of it. Best wishes!🍄🍀🐖 Unfortunately there's no emoji for the black suited chimney cleaner who's also a symbol for good luck!

Bowle wird hier an Silvester gerne getrunken, oft mit Erdbeeren und Wein/Sekt. Ansonsten findet man wirklich in jedem Geschäft vor Silvester Schornsteinfeger und natürlich Glücksschweine.

Yeah we definitely watch the speech!!! i think for most people its just like watching the news (“Tagesschau”) every day

"Schwein gehabt" is a colloquial expression for someone who has had unexpected or undeserved good fortune. It is possible that this expression can be traced back to the medieval custom of giving a pig as a consolation prize to the worst performer in popular competitions. What was intended as mockery and ridicule turned out to be an unexpected stroke of luck for the loser. For a pig had a high value in the Middle Ages. It meant food, offspring and thus prosperity. The consolation pig became a lucky pig. That's why people gave away a small marzipan pig.

2:20 Another lucky symbol is the Schornsteinfeger. 😊

Did you change your hair color? It looks darker.

Yes to All the lucky charms

The food related traditions you mentioned all sound more or less bonkers to me - never heard of them being a tradition either. The carp bone in your wallet is a thing, though, but I don't think it is related to New Year's Eve in any way. And this "Lauf" (I didn't get the name nor could remember it 😂 ) with children going from house to house might be something from the northern parts of Germany, at least the name suggests it. I don't know if it exists though - never heard of. But since there are many local traditions (there is no "German tradition" in fact and there cannot be due to our history) it sounds plausible. Not hanging laundry on a line in the garden etc. is not explicitly related to New Year's Eve either, but rather to the "Rauhnächte", roughly the period between Christmas and January 6th (Epiphany? Is that what this day is called in English?). I often heard about superstitions that this will invite evil ghosts into your house, or even stories related to the Norse god Odin riding his horse during the night and getting super angry if your laundry blocks his way. 🤣 The thing with someone from your family dying if you do it nevertheless doesn't sound familiar though. Lucky items? For sure! Clover leafs and pigs, yes. But you forgot the more common ones: horseshoes and chimney sweepers! Quite commonly they are also combined, like a chimney sweeper holding a clover leaf etc. Watching the chancellor's New Year's address as a tradition sounds made up, maybe it is in some families, but certainly not a common thing. But watching "Dinner for one" is a tradition! And the funny thing is - although it is completely in English and broadcast in English, it is basically unknown outside of Germany (and maybe Austria? I don't know). What was missing of course are the private fireworks, but I guess you experienced that as well and already knew it's real, so you left it out. I guess there's not much of a difference to the US in that respect anyway? EDIT: Actually I just checked Wikipedia, here's something concerning the laundry thing, seems to be a bit different than what I thought (Norse gods aren't mentioned) and the "someone is going to die" part is apparently real: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rauhnacht#Ordnung_und_Umsicht. And it only refers to white laundry not being hung up. I guess your German is good enough by now to understand it. 🙂 (For some context you might also wanna read the rest of the article of course)

You never heard of "Schwein haben" for being lucky?

Never heard of that stuff

Never heard of those other traditions😵‍💫 I bet i am either too young or they’re not celebrated in my Bundesland🤷🏽‍♀️😂

1,2,4 I know. I'm from the north of Germany.

The only German tradition is Raclette 😂 I've never heared of the others

My family had carp each Silvester for years. I don't know anyone who would put fish into raclette though

I'm from Germany and I just heard (and I know that they are true) about the tradition with the bowle and the tradition with the new year's speech from Angela Merkel (or Olaf Scholz now)

You have to go back to the days of the old (pagan or heathen) Germanic and Celtic people that once lived where Germany now is. They celebrated winter solstice. In their belief sun rides on a chariot that changes its height over the horizon throughout the year. That change of position is not linear but follows a sinus-curve that seems to stand still around the two solstices in December and June. We still call the time around Christmas and New Year "zwischen den Jahren", between the years. The impression is that time stands still in that period and so should all wheels and all activities that are not necessary. That image of rotating time is apparent in the Scandinavian name for Christmas: Jul or hjul. And that is nothing else but the same word that we know as "wheel" in English. Pagan traditions were absorbed by the clery during christianisation in the early middle ages. That reduced the number of missionaries that were roasted over fires, clubbed to death or drowned in swamps considerably. That superstition about wheels that may not be turned so the gods were not provoked still lives on. It is nothing else than "no work on Sabbath day" in an enlarged version. Farmers in the old days would not do any cartwork, either because they believed in that myth or out of respect for those who did. The drum in washing machines rotate as well and hence the idea was transferred to their usage.

I've never heard of any and I live in northern Germany😂

I have the feeling that you are becoming more and more similar to the singer Dua Lipa.

something that isn't true (nor a silvester, but a christmas tradition) is the whole christmas pickle thing.

never heard about the "Rummelpot" nor about not eating fish. the rest seems correct, even the "not hanging cloth on silvester" it comes down to some superstition about ghosts getting caught in the laundry. it goes back to something called "Rauhnächte" (Twelfth Night) and the "Wilde Jagd" (The Wild Hunt) - if you search for Wild Hunt you will probably find the Witcher videogames, but you can also find at least a wikipedia entry for the mythological origin of said Wild Hunt - apparently ghosts and demons roam the sky at that time of the year accompanying the wild hunt ;) oh and even tho this exist i dont think anyone really cares that much about it anymore

My mum just told me that my grandma did not wash clothes between the years So i guess its fir the older generations

Hier wird einmal erklärt, was Rummelpot laufen ist: kzread.info/dash/bejne/hW2nx9KwYNm2l7Q.html