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Frohes Fest! Die schönsten Geschichten zu Weihnachten
Dieses Buch ist ein wunderbarer Begleiter durch die schönste Zeit des Jahres: Hans Christian Andersens „Die Schneekönigin“, Adalbert Stifters „Der Bergkristall“, Charles Dickens „Ein Weihnachtslied“ und viele andere Geschichten und Gedichte laden zum Lesen und Träumen ein. Mal besinnlich, mal heiter erzählen bekannte Autorinnen und Autoren von kleinen und großen Wundern, von Lichterglanz und Winterzauber.
240 pages, Hardcover
First published September 23, 2020
22 people want to read
About the author
Marjolein Bastin
164 books28 followersIt goes without saying that Marjolein loves nature. True happiness for Marjolein is a walk through the woods, bird watching in the dunes, touring through meadows or searching for shells on the beach. Marjolein is fascinated especially by the small details she observes during her walks. The fact that many people overlook these details motivates Marjolein to paint them. For instance, Marjolein has painted the bunny peeking out from under a bush along the bike-path, the pimpernel found blooming in a Swiss meadow, the wagtail feeding its young under the overhanging roof and also the raccoon who visits in the middle of the night to steal the contents of any birdfeeders left outside.
Marjolein’s fascination with that very small piece of earth immediately surrounding her started when she was only a few years old. In the garden of her parents John and Pia Uit den Bogaard in Loenen aan de Vecht Marjolein would often simply lay on her stomach in the garden enjoying every living thing around her: the yellow shiny flowers of the Lesser Celandine along the edge of the creek, the duckweed on the pond inhabited by several ducks, the flower garden, and the apple- and pear tree lined road leading to the Vecht river. Marjolein quickly realized that the closer you look the more things you see.
When Marjolein was nine years old her family, now including a second daughter Babette, moved to the Veluwe, a forest-rich area in the province of Gelderland in the Netherlands. Her father, author of a very popular series of books about a mischievous vagabond named Swiebertje, had been promoted to editor of a national TV guide and so Marjolein got to see a different part of the country. Different plants, different birds, different smells, the dry sand of the Veluwe, the move provided a new series of discoveries for Marjolein. Sitting down on the ground she could now watch dungbeetles struggling to transport rabbit droppings to their underground tunnels, ground beetles running through the sand, small lizards and slowworms hunting for insects between the Heather plants.
It is clear that Marjolein has always felt a strong bond with everything that flies, crawls and grows. This bond, coupled with the urge to share it with others, motivated Marjolein early on to start drawing. At first just to show her mother what was happening in their family backyard, later to share her fascination with millions of others.
Following her studies at the Academy for Visual Arts, where she met her husband Gaston, Marjolein worked at a variety of advertising agencies and publishers. This proved a very busy time for Marjolein with little time to paint the nature around her. In 1974 Marjolein and the Dutch women’s magazine Libelle started a relationship that continues to this day. Then, in 1980, Libelle gave Marjolein the freedom to translate her enthusiasm for nature in a column that has appeared in the magazine every week for over thirty years now. Every weekly column provides a peek into Marjolein’s heart, which in turn reflects her desire to show people what they could observe in their own backyard, if only they looked.
Since the early nineties people in the United States of America have taken note of Marjolein’s work. Working with several companies in the US has opened up a new world for Marjolein as well. Just like her first visits to the Veluwe, Marjolein’s visits to the US were an opportunity to discover something new and proved a huge source of inspiration. “Unknown birds, new flowers, unfamiliar butterflies – I had to start all over, I had to look up everything! And now I want to share the beauty of American nature with my friends in Holland and show people in America how beautiful Dutch nature is.”
Her passion for the natural world is of a universal quality that appeals to people the world over. You can find Marjolein’s artwork on greeting cards, calendars, dinnerware, bedding, gifts and many other products.
Marjolein’s fascination with that very small piece of earth immediately surrounding her started when she was only a few years old. In the garden of her parents John and Pia Uit den Bogaard in Loenen aan de Vecht Marjolein would often simply lay on her stomach in the garden enjoying every living thing around her: the yellow shiny flowers of the Lesser Celandine along the edge of the creek, the duckweed on the pond inhabited by several ducks, the flower garden, and the apple- and pear tree lined road leading to the Vecht river. Marjolein quickly realized that the closer you look the more things you see.
When Marjolein was nine years old her family, now including a second daughter Babette, moved to the Veluwe, a forest-rich area in the province of Gelderland in the Netherlands. Her father, author of a very popular series of books about a mischievous vagabond named Swiebertje, had been promoted to editor of a national TV guide and so Marjolein got to see a different part of the country. Different plants, different birds, different smells, the dry sand of the Veluwe, the move provided a new series of discoveries for Marjolein. Sitting down on the ground she could now watch dungbeetles struggling to transport rabbit droppings to their underground tunnels, ground beetles running through the sand, small lizards and slowworms hunting for insects between the Heather plants.
It is clear that Marjolein has always felt a strong bond with everything that flies, crawls and grows. This bond, coupled with the urge to share it with others, motivated Marjolein early on to start drawing. At first just to show her mother what was happening in their family backyard, later to share her fascination with millions of others.
Following her studies at the Academy for Visual Arts, where she met her husband Gaston, Marjolein worked at a variety of advertising agencies and publishers. This proved a very busy time for Marjolein with little time to paint the nature around her. In 1974 Marjolein and the Dutch women’s magazine Libelle started a relationship that continues to this day. Then, in 1980, Libelle gave Marjolein the freedom to translate her enthusiasm for nature in a column that has appeared in the magazine every week for over thirty years now. Every weekly column provides a peek into Marjolein’s heart, which in turn reflects her desire to show people what they could observe in their own backyard, if only they looked.
Since the early nineties people in the United States of America have taken note of Marjolein’s work. Working with several companies in the US has opened up a new world for Marjolein as well. Just like her first visits to the Veluwe, Marjolein’s visits to the US were an opportunity to discover something new and proved a huge source of inspiration. “Unknown birds, new flowers, unfamiliar butterflies – I had to start all over, I had to look up everything! And now I want to share the beauty of American nature with my friends in Holland and show people in America how beautiful Dutch nature is.”
Her passion for the natural world is of a universal quality that appeals to people the world over. You can find Marjolein’s artwork on greeting cards, calendars, dinnerware, bedding, gifts and many other products.
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December 22, 2020
I bought this book (along with another) some time in September when some truly crazy people had already brought out Christmas decorations in the bookstore. The cover appealed to me and I've come to expect great things design-wise from this publisher.
When I unpacked the book at home, I had to discover that instead of 24, there were only 22 pieces collected - a missed opportunity, if you ask me, since this is "a book for the Advent".
The illustrations adorning the text or covering entire pages (sometimes a double-page-spread even) were wonderful though. As were the fold-out pieces that contained anything from instructions on how to make bird feeders (and the food) to Christmas songs and even paper tree ornaments!
As I said, the book collects 22 pieces, all of different lengths. Some are very short short stories, others are quite long (three of them were, to be exact) and others are poems or legends.
All of them are classics.
I was pleased to see that an effort had been made to include as many German pieces as possible as they are usually a bit harder to find or haven't been rediscovered since our childhoods.
For a full list of each poem, legend or story, please see my daily status updates.
The pictures I included are not the ones from the book by the way so in order to give you an idea of the book's style, here are some examples:
While not all pieces were my cuppa, it was kid of a nostalgic look at Christmas so I will probably do it again next year with their other collection.
When I unpacked the book at home, I had to discover that instead of 24, there were only 22 pieces collected - a missed opportunity, if you ask me, since this is "a book for the Advent".
The illustrations adorning the text or covering entire pages (sometimes a double-page-spread even) were wonderful though. As were the fold-out pieces that contained anything from instructions on how to make bird feeders (and the food) to Christmas songs and even paper tree ornaments!
As I said, the book collects 22 pieces, all of different lengths. Some are very short short stories, others are quite long (three of them were, to be exact) and others are poems or legends.
All of them are classics.
I was pleased to see that an effort had been made to include as many German pieces as possible as they are usually a bit harder to find or haven't been rediscovered since our childhoods.
For a full list of each poem, legend or story, please see my daily status updates.
The pictures I included are not the ones from the book by the way so in order to give you an idea of the book's style, here are some examples:
While not all pieces were my cuppa, it was kid of a nostalgic look at Christmas so I will probably do it again next year with their other collection.
December 29, 2022
Eine wunderschöne Sammlung vieler weihnachtlicher Geschichten, Gedichte und Liedern. Die Aufmachung des Buches wird den anderen Schmuckausgaben im Coppenrath Verlag absolut gerecht 😍 Es gab auch wieder viele versteckte Kleinigkeiten zwischen den Seiten, wie Geschenkanhänger, Liedertexte, Rezepte und viele weitere. Das Buch ist für mich ein wahrer Schatz, dass ich seit Jahren immer wieder in der Weihnachtszeit hervorhole um allein oder mit anderen daraus zu lesen ❤️
December 9, 2023
Habe nur „Ein Weihnachtslied“ von Dickens daraus gelesen und beendet. Die Bewertung bezieht sich also auf die weihnachtliche Kurzgeschichte von Dickens.
Der Rest – Schneekönigin, Bergkristall – folgt im neuen Jahr jetzt im Januar 😊
Der Rest – Schneekönigin, Bergkristall – folgt im neuen Jahr jetzt im Januar 😊
January 3, 2023
Гарна святкова збірка різдвяних історій та віршів. Особливо приємно було перечитати казку про Снігову королеву і мою улюблену Різдвяну історію.
December 30, 2020
INHALT:
Das Buch „Frohes Fest!“ enthält 22 Gedichte und Geschichten über und zur die Weihnachtszeit.
Die Auswahl ist im Gegensatz zum Hausbuch kleiner und doppelt sich auch, wenn die Bücher verglichen werden.
Den Großteil des Buches füllen drei Geschichten: „Die Schneekönigin“ von Hans Christian Andersen, „Der Bergkristall“ von Adalbert Stifter und „Ein Weihnachtslied“ von Charles Dickens. Die restlichen Inhalte sind eher kurzweilig.
Das Buch kombiniert bekanntere mit unbekannteren Inhalten und lässt den Leser so auch Neues entdecken.
SCHREIBSTIL:
Der Schreibstil unterscheidet sich natürlich von Geschichte zu Geschichte, da diese von verschiedenen Autoren stammen. Während ich „Die Schneekönigin“ mit Verzücken gelesen habe, langweilte mich die Erzählung des Bergkristalls leider sehr.
Dennoch kommen die Geschichten alle sehr winterlich und weihnachtlich daher und bieten sich daher als ideale Lektüre für diese Zeit an.
FAZIT:
Leider enttäuschte mich dieses Buch ein wenig, nachdem ich das Hausbuch gelesen hatte. Denn einige Inhalte doppelten sich und der Großteil des Buches bestand aus drei Geschichten, von denen mich eine sehr langweilte. Wer es vielfältiger mag, kann sich also auf das Hausbuch konzentrieren. Wer dagegen lieber Geschichten und Gedichte mag und auf Lieder verzichten möchte, kann zu diesem Buch greifen. Denn ohne den Vergleich zum Hausbuch ist es für sich stehend trotzdem eine tolle Auswahl für die Weihnachtszeit. Hätte ich vorher von den Dopplungen gewusst, hätte ich mir sicher nur eines der Bücher zugelegt.
Ein zauberhaft gestaltetes Weihnachtsbuch, welches den Fokus auf drei große Geschichten lenkt und diese durch Gedichte und kleinere Erzählungen ergänzt. Nicht ganz so umfangreich wie das Hausbuch, aber dennoch eine wunderbar weihnachtliche Lektüre.
Das Buch „Frohes Fest!“ enthält 22 Gedichte und Geschichten über und zur die Weihnachtszeit.
Die Auswahl ist im Gegensatz zum Hausbuch kleiner und doppelt sich auch, wenn die Bücher verglichen werden.
Den Großteil des Buches füllen drei Geschichten: „Die Schneekönigin“ von Hans Christian Andersen, „Der Bergkristall“ von Adalbert Stifter und „Ein Weihnachtslied“ von Charles Dickens. Die restlichen Inhalte sind eher kurzweilig.
Das Buch kombiniert bekanntere mit unbekannteren Inhalten und lässt den Leser so auch Neues entdecken.
SCHREIBSTIL:
Der Schreibstil unterscheidet sich natürlich von Geschichte zu Geschichte, da diese von verschiedenen Autoren stammen. Während ich „Die Schneekönigin“ mit Verzücken gelesen habe, langweilte mich die Erzählung des Bergkristalls leider sehr.
Dennoch kommen die Geschichten alle sehr winterlich und weihnachtlich daher und bieten sich daher als ideale Lektüre für diese Zeit an.
FAZIT:
Leider enttäuschte mich dieses Buch ein wenig, nachdem ich das Hausbuch gelesen hatte. Denn einige Inhalte doppelten sich und der Großteil des Buches bestand aus drei Geschichten, von denen mich eine sehr langweilte. Wer es vielfältiger mag, kann sich also auf das Hausbuch konzentrieren. Wer dagegen lieber Geschichten und Gedichte mag und auf Lieder verzichten möchte, kann zu diesem Buch greifen. Denn ohne den Vergleich zum Hausbuch ist es für sich stehend trotzdem eine tolle Auswahl für die Weihnachtszeit. Hätte ich vorher von den Dopplungen gewusst, hätte ich mir sicher nur eines der Bücher zugelegt.
Ein zauberhaft gestaltetes Weihnachtsbuch, welches den Fokus auf drei große Geschichten lenkt und diese durch Gedichte und kleinere Erzählungen ergänzt. Nicht ganz so umfangreich wie das Hausbuch, aber dennoch eine wunderbar weihnachtliche Lektüre.
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