Kultur 10

How interesting that the Germans watch a British short film every year on New Years that most Brits have never heard of. The author mentioned in the article that the obsession in the English-speaking world with The Sound of Music is similar, but it isn't, really. Firs of all, The Sound of Music is a British-made film, so of course it makes sense that they wouldn't know much about it, even though it takes place in Austria. Also, there is no holiday in which it is tradition to watch The Sound of Music. I think most Americans and British have heard of it or seen it, but it has nothing to do with tradition. I guess Germans just like British humor, which makes perfect sene to me, judging on stereotypical German taste.

The "Sorry, We're Closed" article presents a major difference between Germany and the United States. Here, we have supermarkets like Meijer and Wal-Mart, which are always open except on Christmas. So if you want to buy a bag of potato chips at 3:00 am, because apparently people do that, you have options. Germans don't have as many options for their late night cravings. What I would have a problem with is there being no shops open on sundays. What else am I supposed to do on Sunday? Sit around?

I'm not sure how I feel about the "Booze Brothers" article. Just...why? Perhaps Father's Day to the Germans is like St. Patrick's Day to us. Neither of them make much sense to me. Who wants to be drunk all day? Who wants to make a fool of themselves and bumble around on the street for an entire day? People just don't make sense to me sometimes. I think that, if I'm ever in Germany on Father's Day, I will do just what the article says: stay home and watch people from inside.