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Have a cup of cheer!
WHO: EVERYONE
WHERE: The park
WHEN: Saturday, 12/16
WHAT: Christmas Market!!
WARNINGS: N/A
Were you drawn-in by the scent of cinnamon? Or the cozy twinkling lights? Maybe you were just passing through the park and happened across a whole slew of pretty tents (courtesy Remilia) decked out in lights. They line around one side of the perimeter of the park, some with large crockpots of mulled cider or glögg, some selling little heart-shaped gingersnaps with little phrases on them, a few for ornaments, or little toys, or other trinkets and gifts.
In the front of a few of the park benches are what may be some homemade fire-pits, just a large bowl containing a little bit of fire to warm your hands by, but try not to bump into them because they're not exactly stable!
Stay for awhile and you might catch carolers in the center, or a few festive buskers working for tips.
It's a bit of a haphazard affair, and definitely some of these stalls are a bit... unique to a Christmas Market you'd only find in Recollé, but hey, maybe that just helps to add to the charm!
WHERE: The park
WHEN: Saturday, 12/16
WHAT: Christmas Market!!
WARNINGS: N/A
A VERY RECOLLÉ CHRISTMAS MARKET
Were you drawn-in by the scent of cinnamon? Or the cozy twinkling lights? Maybe you were just passing through the park and happened across a whole slew of pretty tents (courtesy Remilia) decked out in lights. They line around one side of the perimeter of the park, some with large crockpots of mulled cider or glögg, some selling little heart-shaped gingersnaps with little phrases on them, a few for ornaments, or little toys, or other trinkets and gifts.
In the front of a few of the park benches are what may be some homemade fire-pits, just a large bowl containing a little bit of fire to warm your hands by, but try not to bump into them because they're not exactly stable!
Stay for awhile and you might catch carolers in the center, or a few festive buskers working for tips.
It's a bit of a haphazard affair, and definitely some of these stalls are a bit... unique to a Christmas Market you'd only find in Recollé, but hey, maybe that just helps to add to the charm!
BOOTHS
SNACK BOOTH
At the snack booth, you'll find non-alcoholic mulled wine (glögg/glühwein), hot apple cider spiced with cinnamon, hot chocolate, or some tea and coffee. You might want to get that with gingersnap cookies, or cinnamon rolls (that definitely look like they came from a can...), little marzipans shaped like fruits or tiny pigs, and waffles being made fresh.
LEBKUCHEN + NUTS BOOTH
You know, I'm not entirely sure why, but there's a completely separate booth for gingerbread hearts and roasted, sugared nuts. You can decorate your own cookie or ask for one that's already made with messages like "I love you," "For my love," and "Merry Christmas." You can also purchase s'mores ingredients here, to take over to the conveniently-placed fire pit a few feet away!
SURPRISE GIFTS
If you're not sure what to get someone for the holidays, and you're lazy, look no further! For a nominal fee, you can pick up a pre-wrapped surprise gift, perfect for that special someone who would find the novelty in this kind of present, or maybe who you just don't really know that well. Gifts come in 3 tiers of expense, and for either adults or children!
CHEESY GOODNESS
There is someone here selling cheese. Would you like a sample? Sure you would! Maybe you'd like to sample another one. It would make a pretty good gift, or just a snack for if you're walking around the market. And if you'd prefer, you can get a little bit of cheese scraped off of a wheel onto a toasty piece of bread!
ORNAMENTS
Maybe you stumbled into the ornament booth, which is selling various little items for you to stick on your trees. Many of them appear to be hand-made, and there are a bunch of simple ones in the front that are cut out like stars and hearts and painted red. For a small fee of $5, you can take one of those and sign your name on it to hang up on the side of the booth for the day; all the proceeds will be donated to ReVA.
CANDLES AND SOAPS
Maybe you want a reason to have your house smell really nice and festive.... If so, you can buy one of the candles or soaps which are most definitely not bought from cheaper sources and then rewrapped to be presentable as gifts. Nope, that's definitely not what happened, and there's no hot glue on this one that's just bordered with cinnamon sticks and tied up with ribbon, nope!
ota!
She lingers for a good long time at the lebkuchen booth, trying her hand at decorating cookies for a couple of her friends but also simply enjoying the smell of baking gingerbread. Is anyone impressed that she's actually decorating her cookie in German? Probably not but it's not for them so she doesn't care. (Much. She is looking around a little to see if anyone even notices.)
From there she'll be found at the ornament booth, admiring the more ambitious of the handcrafted ones. She only has a small tree at home--Greta makes anything that doesn't fit on her kitchen table a little impractical--but these would make lovely gifts, don't you think?
And speaking of certain imperfectly behaved huskies, there's a good chance Alice will spend at least part of this market tugging her furry roommate away from people and food. Greta doesn't jump but she does have a tendency to whine and stare, perhaps disconcertingly for a dog that looks so much like a wolf, until she's given a treat or affection. Or until her owner is told that she should really look after her dog a little more closely. ]
lebkuchen
Can I use the blue when you're done?
no subject
Here. I can let it dry and come back to it.
ota
After procuring herself a cup of spiced cider, Li-Na starts hitting up the various booth and stalls. She spends a great deal of time browsing the handmade soaps and candles in particular. She thinks they would make great gifts for some of her friends, but which scent will fit which person?
"What do you think?" she asks, holding a soap or candle out to you.
After purchasing a few soaps and a couple candles, Li-Na happens upon the s'mores ingredients. After purchasing what basically amounts to a box of graham crackers, a bag of marshmallows, and a whole stack of chocolate bars... that's what she'll be doing for the next twenty or so minutes. Because she was recently introduced to them and Li-Na thinks they are amazing.
"Have you tried this?" She waves a half-eaten s'more at you. "They are delicious!"
Eventually, she ends up at the ornaments booth. Her and her brother don't have a Christmas tree, but some of the ornaments are so cute she could not pass up looking at everything. Of course, she does plonk down the $5 to write her name (in hanzi) on a red star.
[姚丽娜]
ORNAMENTS
Ooh, what does that say? It's pretty!
Re: ORNAMENTS
[Li-Na points to each character]
Yiu means 'elegant'. Li means 'beautiful.' And Na means 'graceful.'
[basically, the perfect name for a ballerina]
Re: ORNAMENTS
That's really pretty!
[ He grins at her ]
How do you say Merry Christmas in Chinese?
Re: ORNAMENTS
In Cantonese, what I speak at home in Hong Kong, it is Sing daan faai lok. But if you went to Taiwan, or Beijing, where they speak Mandarin, it would be Sheng dan kuai le.
[Li-Na flips over the star she has written her name on, and on the backside writes the hanzi for the phrase.
聖誕快樂
But when you write it, it is the same.
Re: ORNAMENTS
[ He tries it out ]
Sing... dan... fi.... low?
[ He's not very sure. And his tones are totally wrong... but he's at least aware there are supposed to be tones somewhere, as his pitch rises and falls! ]
Re: ORNAMENTS
[Li-Na smiles at Emil's attempt]
You are close! The second sound dips a little more than the fourth.
[She pronounces the phrase again, a little slower so Emil can hear each sound and tone.]
Sing... daan... faai... lok.
Re: ORNAMENTS
Sing... dan... fffai.... low?
Re: ORNAMENTS
At least in Hong Kong, they understand when you say 'Merry Christmas.'
[Her Swedish would probably be just as bad]