Well, it's December 17. That means two things; Christmas is very near and i have exactly six months left in Germany. Although i've been here so long, it really seems like it has been much, much shorter. Just to give a heads up, i will be writing about how we celebrate Christmas here. An interesting article in the newspaper this morning, stated that there were rallies in Austria against "den Weihnachtsman," aka Santa, saying that the more traditional "Christkind" should be favored as opposed to the Coca Cola advertisement. Sort of interesting i thought.