04 January 2012 @ 11:27 pm
Does anyone here besides me even know both, English and German?  
My mom's ex-husband always forwards my mom stuff and I found this Denglish Christmas poem amusing, so I thought I'd share.

When the snow falls wunderbar
And the children happy are,
When the Glatteis on the street,
And we all a Glühwein need,
Then you know, es ist soweit:
She is here, the Weihnachtszeit
Every Parkhaus ist besetzt,
Weil die people fahren jetzt
All to Kaufhof, Mediamarkt,
Kriegen nearly Herzinfarkt.
Shopping hirnverbrannte things
And the Christmasglocke rings.
Merry Christmas, merry Christmas,
Hear the music, see the lights,
Frohe Weihnacht, Frohe Weihnacht,
Merry Christmas allerseits...

Mother in the kitchen bakes
Schoko-, Nuss- and Mandelkeks
Daddy in the Nebenraum
Schmücks a Riesen-Weihnachtsbaum
He is hanging auf the balls,
Then he from the Leiter falls...
Finally the Kinderlein
To the Zimmer kommen rein
And es sings the family
Schauerlich: "Oh, Chistmastree!"
And the jeder in the house
Is packing die Geschenke aus.
Merry Christmas, merry Christmas,
Hear the music, see the lights,
Frohe Weihnacht, Frohe Weihnacht,
Merry Christmas allerseits...

Mama finds unter the Tanne
Eine brandnew Teflon-Pfanne,
Papa gets a Schlips and Socken,
Everybody does frohlocken.
Kanzler speaks in TV,
All around is Harmonie,
Bis mother in the kitchen runs:
Im Ofen burns the Weihnachtsgans
And so comes die Feuerwehr
With Tatü, tata daher,
And they bring a long, long Schlauch
And a long, long Leiter auch.
And they schrei - "Wasser marsch!",
Christmas is - now im - Eimer...
Merry Christmas, merry Christmas,
Hear the music, see the lights,
Frohe Weihnacht, Frohe Weihnacht,
Merry Christmas allerseits...
 
 
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[identity profile] lobelia321.livejournal.com on January 4th, 2012 10:42 pm (UTC)
*giggles*

Favourite line: And the jeder in the house
Is packing die Geschenke aus.
fueschgast[personal profile] fueschgast on January 5th, 2012 10:33 pm (UTC)
Oh, you speak German? My profile tells me you're British (or at least live in the UK), so I'm guessing you learned German in school?
[identity profile] lobelia321.livejournal.com on January 5th, 2012 11:18 pm (UTC)
O no, I'm German, born in Osnabrück, grew up in Indonesia and Australia, went to uni in Germany, lived in the States for 1 year, then in the UK for the past 21. ;-)

Have an icon from my one big time in GERMAN fandom (lor', that was fun). Plus dipped my toe in Winnetou. Don't even mention die wilde 13.
fueschgast[personal profile] fueschgast on January 5th, 2012 11:37 pm (UTC)
Oh wow, you've been everywhere!
[identity profile] lobelia321.livejournal.com on January 6th, 2012 12:38 am (UTC)
Well, for the last 21 years I've lived in the same town. :-) My wandering days are over. I can hardly bear to move across the road these days... (I travel in my mind!)