Hello lovely peeps. Have you all had a peaceful Christmas? I will briefly tell you about mine but first I'd like to show you my postcard for today:
It is a sweet little boy and a cooked turkey. It could be Christmas, or it could be Thanksgiving. But I care to think it is Christmas as I spy some holly and berries.
The card comes to me from Siegburg in Germany.
The stamps are colourful:
The top one is froim the series: Occasions for writing. Here are two from that series:
The top one is entitled: Einladung (Invitation) and the second one Im Gedenken (In Remembrance).
The stamp with the train commemorates the 20th anniversary of German reunification. The edition references the song: "Sonderzug Pankow" or 'Special Train to Pankow'.
The website berlin.museum-digital writes:
This song (3.01 minute long) by rock singer Udo Lindenberg, released as a single in 1983. It is based on the melody of the 1941 American classic "Chattanooga Choo Choo". The lyrics are addressed directly to the then Chairman of the State Council, Erich Honecker. Lindenberg accuses him of being a rocker at heart and secretly listening to West German radio.
The reference to the Berlin district of Pankow in the title stems from the fact that Schönhausen Palace, located there, served as the residence of the President of the GDR from 1949 to 1960 and subsequently, until 1964, as the seat of the State Council. Until their joint relocation to the prestigious housing estate in Wandlitz, many members of the GDR government and high ranking officials from other agencies also lived in the nearby Majakowskiring. For many years, the East Berlin district of Pankow was synonymous in the West with the "Pankow Regime".
Today I'll be joining the T-Party again, hosted by Elizabeth and Bluebeard. For that I need a drink, so here is my drink:
Today I'll be joining the T-Party again, hosted by Elizabeth and Bluebeard. For that I need a drink, so here is my drink:
I think that was my meal on Christmas Eve, pork shank with roast potatoes and veg. The drink is a nice rosé.
My Christmas was very quiet. No photos as I was on my own, but I had a nice meal (turkey) and watched the church service on tv (from Bradford cathedral). I opened presents that my sister had bought me. I had videocalls with several people including my son in Italy. The weather was absolutely awful, so I didn't go out either.
I had some fake candles (No real candles when there's a cat around).
And Ronnie of course had to sniff them out.
Nooo Ronnie, don't play with them!
Oh alright then, I'll just sniff.
If I'm not allowed to play with them, then
I don't really want to pose. Bye bye.
Happy New Year to all,
Lisca (and Ronnie the cat)
13 comments:
Love the photos of your kitty and the candles. The glow makes Ronnie look so pretty! Hope you have a wonderful New Years!
I bet Iris will love reading about the train from your stamp. It sounds like a quiet but nice Christmas. We had a quiet Christmas Day. And those photos of Ronnie are fun. He's a curious guy, isn't he? I hope you have a super last few days of 2025 and a great start to 2026. And of course, a happy T day too. hugs-Erika
I had to look it up - can you believe it's been 35 years now since German reunification! Thanks for explaining the song, I never knew what was the significance of Pankow....
Beautiful Christmassy photos of Ronnie (next year's Christmas cards maybe?) Enjoy the New Year & here's hoping the weather improves, lots of love Keren x
LOL, Lisca - I thought "igitt!!! Is that a giant cockroach on that plate?!"
But you had the answer right away - in Germany we don´t have full turkeys on our plates so the artist of this card had no idea how they look like, LOL. The boy is cute, though!
Yes the Sonderzug nach Pankow. Wow. We really ... were shocked at first, all the Trabbis and people put bananas and bars of chocolate behind the wipers.
I was a beginner and had an Opel Kadett Diesel, a heavy car - those Trabbis we called "Rennpappe" as they seemed to be made of paper and they drove slow but like crazy, you had to be so careful!
These days when you see a Trabbi you say, "awwww..." and are so thankful for your friends from "East Germany".
Lindenberg was a West German who knew he had fans in GDR and fought hard to have a concert there - it was in the evening news here.
The "fans" were supervised and sorted, it must´ve been weird.
Hmmm... broccoli! Huh, you scared me with Ronnie being so close to a candle! Oh, he is the cutest! To a happy New Year soon!
Hi Lisca, thanks for the interesting story about the stamps and that song, it sounds funny. Ronnie and the candles, he would be attracted to the flickering (fake) flames no doubt. He looks so sweet in the candlelight. Happy last T day for 2025 xx
And a happy New Year to you too Tammy.
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Lovely post! Have a very Happy New Year! All the best in 2026!
Dear Lisca, what a lovely, nostalgic postcard! If it's from Germany, it's almost certainly a Christmas card, since Thanksgiving in the American tradition isn't really celebrated in Central Europe... I also find the stamps on it very interesting.
Even though you didn't have any human company at your Christmas feast, you weren't alone at Christmas – you had the company of the handsome Ronnie – and as I can see, he had a lot of fun with your fake candles 😻 It's wonderful that you also had video calls with loved ones!
I wish you and your family members including Ronnie a happy, fulfilling, and healthy New Year! 🎇🍀🐞✨
Traude
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Wishing you a great year in 2026, and an entertaining NY Eve however you celebrate.
Loved seeing your kitty Happy New Year
Kathy
We had a quiet Christmas, too, along with nasty weather that kept us in. Ronnie is so cute. Isn't that the way when you tell them no, you don't get any pictures. Happy T Day and Happy New Year
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