Without Simone Sommerland and the day-care center frogs there would hardly be a childhood in Germany. Their walls are adorned with gold and platinum plates. And yet hardly anyone knows her. Of high voices, Christmas carols and the question of whether “Aramsamsam” should still be sung.
Ms. Sommerland, how much does the Christmas babble annoy you?
It doesn’t annoy me. I think Christmas carols are important, they are part of it and they put me in the right mood. Even in the supermarket. There are people who complain that music is blaring out of the speakers everywhere. It does not bother me. On the contrary. It’s only four weeks!