Lonely on Christmas Eve? So celebrate Christmas in good company!

Lonely on Christmas Eve? So celebrate Christmas in good company!

In Berlin and Brandenburg, no one will have to spend this Christmas alone! The initiative "We Christmas" on Nextan.de offers a variety of celebrations and events, so that everyone, young or old, can participate. The offer includes Christmas markets, concerts and even a Ukrainian evening for those who want to be in society. So far, according to bz-berlin.de already registered about 3700 actions, whereby prior registration is required.

Especially for lonely people there are numerous options, such as the Christmas Eve Gala of Birgitta and Werner Nachtigal, which have been offering a festive atmosphere with food, music and theater in the Oranienwerk "Kultursaal" in Oranienburg since 1992. However, this is not the only option: Young adults can make friends with “nobody stays alone”, and seniors Ü-60 can use the anonymous telephone hotline silver network, which has already recorded 185,000 calls this year. This hotline can be reached around the clock from December 24th to January 1, 2025. The invitation to celebrations also extends to communities such as the Jeremiakirche, which invites you to the Christvesper at 4:30 p.m. and is planning for subsequent celebrations.

Christmas - time of reflection

Christmas is not only perceived as a religious festival, but also as a deeper symbolic time of light and hope. In the anthroposophical perspective, the festival is in the center of the cosmic events, where the spiritual sun reaches its highest level at the annual turn. According to waldorfshop.eu , Christmas is an opportunity to stop and to reflect on the really important things in life.

Essen and love in the dark - Christmas embodies a time when we remember the share and the community. The all -radiant meaning of light in the darkness becomes clear both in the festive customs and in personal time. Bake cookies, pull candles or the Christmas tree together are traditions that also come from Waldorf education and bring the festivals closer to the children.