In the morning there was a nice welcome, and I brought some chocolate bananas with me as a gift. what I didn’t know was that everyone in this family loves bananas, so perfect gift, I guess. 
I really loved this xmas statue, one of the most nice and modern I have seen for quite a time.
Later we had a terrific Christmas lunch, and I was totally surprised that the prayer before was a German one (”Komm Herr Jesus sei unser Gast und segne was du uns bescheret hast“).
In the afternoon everyone got a present, to my surprise even myself . Later then we sang some Christmas carols (well, I was just listening 
), some of them in German and all sang to my total surprise accent free and I got introduced to the socks (at the chimney) and how this stuff “works” .
I also had my very first Eggnog, a special xmas drink (see left for picture of proof ).
In the night when the kids were asleep the adults were putting the toys together for them. It really looked like the toys are gifts for the parents, not the children .
And I had the chance to be Santa’s little helper, since I had to write the name tags (the little orange signs on each present) because the children knew the handwriting of all adults, except mine.
After everything was finished, Heidi made a very nice sign for the children, reminding them not to show up before 7:15, because she was sleeping next to the presents. (”I’m sleeping. If you come up before 7:15 I will break your face. Love, Tante Heidi.”)
most funny thing today: the children, arguing for every minute to get up earlier (to get to their presents).