Christmas for everyone: celebrate together instead of being lonely!

Christmas for everyone: celebrate together instead of being lonely!

Heide, Deutschland - Christmas - a time of the festival and the community. But what if you are alone? In Schleswig-Holstein, numerous offers are available to bring lonely people together on Christmas Eve. According to ndr organize the workers' welfare (AWO), the German Red Cross (DRK) and various parishes that offer people a opportunity to spend the festival in society. Especially for many who have felt loneliness in recent years, there is a selection of Christmas parties that invite you to connect and celebrate together.

Celebrate together and warm invitations

The highlights include a Christmas service in the Church of the Resurrection in Heide with potato salad and sausages, but also a long -term tradition of AWO Heide, which organizes a festive meal for all lonely and needy on Christmas Eve. According to Pastor Andra Bock, who heads the service, the focus is on eating together to promote a feeling of community. Among other things, there are cabbage roulades and Christmas lectures at the AWO, which offer everyone involved a warm welcome, even if they are often fully booked. Every opportunity is taken to point out that someone who wants to come spontaneously is not rejected.

But what would a Christmas party be without a festive meal? As treats , a culinary highlight of the German Christmas party remains the popular potato salad with sausages again this year. Over 36 percent of the respondents prefer to eat simply and down -to -earth on December 24th, while they are greater on the following days. Traditional dishes such as roast goose or duck follow in popularity. Above all, the Germans are traditionally in their eating habits - only 18 percent change the menu every year.

Loneliness at Christmas is often noticeable, but the diverse offers offer many people the opportunity to share this time with others. Fixed food gets a new meaning when it brings people together and opens the hearts. It is particularly important to celebrate together and to share the feeling of not being alone.