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Happy Holidays! I hope y’all had a wonderful time!   We got to spend Christmas eve with our friends Maria & Alex. They were nice enough to host, we made turkey and they treated us to some lovely dinner, gifts & the kids got to play together. Here are some crappy  blurry phone pictures For my birthday I plan on going ice skating :) maybe I will post some of those pics, for sure you can find them on my instagram/twitter. For New Years Eve, I have invited my friend Rachel over, will cook dinner and then time for some fireworks.  The fireworks here are something else, the Germans love gigantic firecrackers, they are really loud! but a soon as 12 am hits, everything lights up.. last year I got to see this first hand from a hospital window since I had to get my appendix removed. but this year will be better, at least I'll be with my loved ones. Until later,  Diana.

I am so excited that it is almost Christmas, this will be our second year celebrating it in Hamburg. Christmas in Germany is fun, festive, traditional and cold.  Being our second year here we are still not fully aware of how Germans do Christmas, but there are some things I have noticed: Christmas Tree Our "landlords" gifted us a real Christmas tree last year, and they will again this year. The bad thing about this, in my opinion, is that Germans generally put it up and decorate it a day before (or on) Christmas eve. Totally not what we're used to (putting it up at the beginning of the month or end of November) but it's okay, we don't mind. Weihnachtsmarkt Another cool thing about the holidays in Germany are the Christmas markets. They sell food, hot chocolate, glühwein, and a lot of hand crafted Christmas decorations. Every "Weihnachtsmarkt" is decorated with lights, Christmas trees and other ornaments, making it look very festive. :) S...

Rose VoxBox Find this image on Instagram and Like it . As far as I know, I've previously blogged about Influenster and their FREE boxes filled with all sorts of goodies! Valid in the US, you can request an invite, get approved, receive periodic boxes, blog about them. Easy, Request an invite and join in on the fun! My latest box was the Rose VoxBox filled with autumn- themed products and treats. This is what it included: Lindt LINDOR Milk Chocolate Truffles I tried them thinking they would be good, but my God, they were AH-MAZE-ING! I had never purchased them before, but I can assure you they are worth the money! I'm definitely buying some for my family and their Christmas stockings! belVita crunch Breakfast Biscuits I gave it to my mom and she ate it right away... says it was good, tasted like my favorite cookies (barras de coco in sold in Mexico), but they were a little dry. I plan on buying more, so I can give my opinion as well. Dr. Scholl's For He...