It’s been a while since we’ve written. Mostly it’s because we’ve been plagued with a nasty tummy bug, and coughs and colds for the past couple of weeks and we’re still not quite recovered. It’s kept us home, feeling sorry for ourselves, but thankfully we didn’t have much on so it wasn’t inconvenient.
Month: December 2018
A traditional winter procession with loud noise and lanterns to find Samiclaus…
On the 6th of December Samiclaus (or St Nikolaus) comes to visit kids in Switzerland. At school we made lanterns and learnt a song for Samiclaus.
Bens with his lantern and bag of treats from Samiclaus
Then, last night we met at my school at 6pm. The whole village came, probably 200 people including lots of kids. There was a bonfire and they were cooking hot punsch over the fire. We heard a really loud noise and we went to see what it was. It was a lot of dudes dressed in white with big as cow bells and whips (to make that sonic boom sound with).
This was fun! We visited a Christmas market in a castle close to Aarau. It is a foundation that helps people who need extra care and support by providing housing, apprenticeships, jobs. They had lots of candles, art work, wood work, paper art for sale. All made by the people who stay here. It was very creative and different to all the usual Christmas stuff for sale.
Benjamin Willis
Daniel
Michelle
Noah Willis
Tobias Willis