It’s been a few weeks since people stood all over the country in front of their decorated Christmas trees and sang: “Stiiiiiihille Naaacht!” In the meantime, the non-existent winter has stopped by again with a short snow greeting and then disappeared again. The gifts have fitted seamlessly into children’s shelves, and the cookies from back then are now sweetened breadcrumbs for the garden birds. The sales offer made by a group of young people recently at the Klostersee was all the more astonishing.
The sun peaked out and the nice weather drew families out of Ebersberg and the surrounding area. The little ones shoveled diligently in the sandpit at the lido. The bigger and braver ones dared to throw stones into the still ice-cold water or wade along the shore in rubber boots. Suddenly the big ones came along. A boy in his teens, accompanied by his two friends, pulled a dead Christmas tree behind him.
He calmly addressed each adult individually: “1-a-Firewood! Are you interested?” Most didn’t know whether to feel teased or pity. Ultimately, none of the beach visitors were interested in the wood. The boy stoically dragged the ex-Christmas tree behind him, leaving a trail of needles in the sand. The adults watched him shake their heads, some grinned. It is rumored that a willing buyer was found after all. How much jumped out of it – unclear. What is certain, however, is that at the latest now, in the face of horrendous heating costs, some people are biting their buttocks, not having struck the prime firewood after all.