Some new year traditions

 A Berliner (Pfannkuchen) or Krapfen is a German jam doughnut with no central hole, made from sweet yeast dough fried in cooking oil, with a jam or vanilla pudding filling, and usually covered in powdered sugar or glazed. A traditional german sweet  -  but with a cute decoration made of sugar confetti, a chocolate smile and a HARIBO strawberry nose 😁

Our bakery offers "Augustin" close to new year and again around carnival 

 

 Two lucky charms given as a present for a happy new year 2026.

Pigs are a lucky smbol in Germany and China

 

Another personal tradition since 2008: watching the Vienna New Year's Concert on TV

The Vienna New Year's Concert (Neujahrskonzert der Wiener Philharmoniker) is an annual concert of classical music performed by the Vienna Philharmonic on the morning of New Year's Day in Vienna, Austria. The concert starts at the Musikverein at 11:15. 

The orchestra performs the same concert programme on 30 December, 31 December, and 1 January but only the last concert is broadcast every year on radio and television.

 

I wish you all a happy, lucky new year, filled with love, peace (!) and health.