Christmas Eve, the lights shine – and the cell phone buzzes and buzzes. Friends, acquaintances and relatives send pictures of their Christmas trees. That’s nice. But actually we would like to know what it looks like at home with the artists in the region.
A ritual with music
Andrea Fessmann with Christmas snail.
(Photo: Harry Wolfsbauer)
Andrea Fessmann, choir director and organizer of the Iffeldorfer Master Concerts: “Christmas without a Christmas tree would be unthinkable for me! My grandmother has already collected Christmas tree decorations, my mother too, and I add something small to my collection every year. Our tree has to go up to the ceiling, even when it gets tight in the living room. And it is always very colorful, everything from angels to owls is included – except tinsel. One of my favorite pieces of jewelry is a snail. It has accompanied me on my way to Bethlehem for days – in the form of an Advent story by Annegert Fuchshuber. I decorate on Christmas Eve. Since I’ve been doing this ritual in our family for more than 20 years. I love it. I always listen to the same CD, Advent songs by Enoch zu Guttenberg. That’s when I bring the big red balls into the house that are in hanging on our apple tree during Advent. They are the stars on our Christmas tree. Before I ring the bell, I light a couple of star throwers. There is only one times a year – a magical moment. “
A collector’s item
Josef Brustmann specializes in Bohemian glass jewelry.
(Photo: Hartmut Pöstges)
Josef Brustmann, cabaret artist and musician, Icking: “My wife and I have had a passion for collecting old Bohemian glass jewelry for more than 30 years. We’re both crazy about it! The pendants were mainly made by women at home. Our oldest pieces date from the Art Deco and Art Nouveau period. The basic shapes are pearls or mouth-blown glass bodies, which are then combined and designed in a very imaginative way with wires, to make chandeliers or airplanes, birdhouses or handbags. I bought the first copies at a flea market before the fall of the Berlin Wall for two or three marks. Today one costs one Pendant 50, 60, 70 euros. Since my parents came from Bohemian-Moravian, this jewelry also has a family meaning for me – a reference back. Our grandchildren, on the other hand, think it’s great because it glitters so nicely and there is so much to discover This also applies to our cat. It has already smashed a lot. My wife makes new pieces out of the leftovers – the Bohemian handicraft l lives on in our house. In addition to the glass decorations, there are also candles on the tree. When they burn, it’s a sparkle and sparkle – a short, insane spell. “
A symbol of joy
Diana Oesterle with her Christmas tree in a pot.
(Photo: private / oh)
Diana Oesterle, Director of the Museum Penzberg – Campendonk Collection: “I was given notice of my beloved attic apartment in Munich a year and a half ago because of my own needs. Great despair! With the tense housing market in Munich, I couldn’t imagine how it would be possible to find an apartment in a few months besides work. But thanks to someone Photo advertisement on my part in the SZ After difficult months of searching, I found an apartment with a garden (in the middle of Munich!) in the same district – or better, I was found by my landlady. The first thing I did for Christmas was to buy a potted fir tree and put a string of lights on it. This is now my second Christmas in the new apartment, and the tree was already prepared again on the first Advent. And I enjoy it so much. For me it is the epitome of my relief and gratitude to have found a beautiful home again. “
A wonderful tradition
Alinde Rothenfusser’s tree in Icking is more than three meters high.
(Photo: Hartmut Pöstges)
Alinde Rothenfußer, artist, Icking: “My husband Walter and I decorate the tree. Walter is tall, and our tree is over three meters high. We decorate it for two days. The jewelry has accumulated over generations. It is important to me that the top is beautiful is, you mustn’t snip it. The Christmas tree is a wonderful tradition and symbolism. Another year has passed, the tree symbolizes the hope that things will continue. “
A lying tree
Peter Spielbauer has leeks instead of tinsel.
(Photo: Peter Spielbauer)
Peter Spielbauer, cabaret artist, Icking: “With my children, I was always notorious for my experimental Christmas trees. I never wanted a classic tree and preferred to make something spontaneously. It happened that I renovated the living room shortly before Christmas, and the carpeting also had to be removed. And that’s when I thought of it the idea of cutting a Christmas tree into the old covering. It was tall, two or three meters – you can’t say its height, so it’s length – and then I put an old Persian rug on it. I have my children on Christmas Eve asked where the tree was. Everyone was standing on the carpet looking like stupid. And of course not found it. I had to clear the carpet first. We put tea lights in the tops of the tree. And then we sat around it In the following years the demand grew louder and louder: We want a tree! I let myself be spread out, and the ritual resulted in us going to Heiliga together bend to decorate a tree or a sapling or a pine top. Sometimes there are only apples, pears, plums, sometimes gruesome plastic stuff. Now I’m in the second row and watch the children and grandchildren. I usually give small tips in the subjunctive that are then gladly taken up. A lot is really suitable as jewelry. Leek from the garden, for example, looks like a Christmas tree itself. Unfortunately ate up at Christmas. Although, it’s hardy, I’ll have a look in the garden to see if there’s anything left. “