Currents: Hosting in Hamburg & Hygge Year 2023/2024 Volume 39 Issue 4 | Page 39

HAMBURGER

HELPERS

by Carol Stocking-Harbers
One of our favorite German Christmas traditions is the Weihnachtsmarkt ! And what fun to use this tradition to meet up with friends before the holiday stress . Two of our fourteen Hamburger Helper groups combined forces and met up to visit not just one but two Weihnachtmärkte — the Weihnachtsbummel Eppendorf and the St . Markus in Hoheluft . Rum-spiked apple cider was a decided favorite to the more traditional Glühwein . And we learned very quickly that thermals were an essential to any Weihnachtsmarkt .
Our next outing will be sipping cocktails in some warm bar — indoors !
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