Advent Day 21: Scotstoun Weihnachtsmarkt
On Christmas Eve 2019 we took a stroll to the nearby area of Scotstoun to view its Living Advent Calendar. Each evening in December, one more window had been illuminated. On the 24th, we got to see them all.
Number 21 – Scotstoun Weihnachtsmarkt (though I saw no evidence of the advertised Glühwein and Lebkuchen)!
ooh I like this one
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Seems to divide opinion! Well, Jude didn’t like it.
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Ah well if Jude doesn’t………
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I like this one. Next time we visit Germany I want to get a miniature one of these.
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Good luck – not easy to pack 😉!
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I remember that one as it was unusual. We tend to think of Father Christmas being universal but many other countries have very different Christmas traditions with their own cast of festive characters that predate that image. Only discovered a few strange European ones last year, reading a book on the subject. Made me appreciate how little I knew about the world or I’d just assumed it was the same everywhere else.
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Yes, this one was quite different from the rest being largely object based rather than tissue paper or whatever. Other traditions are definitely interesting. Also realising the fairly recent origin of many of ours!
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An interesting window though I had to look up Lebkuchen. Following on from Heyjude’s comment I’ve studied the window closely (well I just had to!) and I think the ‘ceiling fan’ is part of the decoration as it’s too low down in the window to be an actual fan – unless of course the people living there are extremely short! 🙂 🙂
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Yes, I think it is too. The picture’s quite dark though, because the window wasn’t as brightly lit as some of the others, which makes it harder to make out details.
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Nearly there, Anabel 🙂 🙂 I used to have one of those candle lights and loved to watch it spin the angels. It grew very wonky with age 😦
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Don’t we all, Jo …
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🙂 🙂
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Love this window with the German Drebaum, unsure how to spell this but this is what my mom called it. My Opa made one for us one time.
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I thought you would like the German one!
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I love all of these windows, Anabel. It would be very difficult to choose a favourite. I am greatly enjoying this virtual trip with you.
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They are fabulous, aren’t they?
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Took some contrieux out with my coffee yesterday. Had to be done. Wouldn’t mind some gluhwein though. 🙂
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Sounds excellent! We all need warming.
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Not one of my favourites.
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Interesting idea though.
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True.
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And I find the ceiling fan obtrusive in this one. Must be nice to have such high ceilings though.
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I took that as part of the decoration – a mini tower like this from the Christmas Market in town.
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Oh, maybe. I can’t click on the photo to enlarge it, but I thought I had seen a ceiling fan before in another window.
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Maybe you missed out on the Glühwein and Lebkuchen but the windows look nice – very classy.
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Maybe, though I remember we had to go back to this one because they had forgotten to put the lights on first time round! So maybe they forgot the Glühwein and Lebkuchen too.
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I have some Lebkuchen under my tree. I had more than that last week but somehow they disappeared….
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The guinea pigs must be fond of them … 😉
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