The Christmas makers ensure a contemplative and entertaining Moosburger Advent.
Erni Pichler has been with us since 2015 and tells how it came about.
Moosburg
- The name says it all, they make “Christmas in Moosburg”: They are Ingrid Grasmeier, Monika Held, Rita Thomas and Erni Pichler, who, as “Christmas makers”, create and initiate ideas and activities for the Advent season. The whole thing arose from a working group from the Moosburger business world, which has been creating a program for Advent together with the marketing cooperative since 2015.
The approach at the time was to create a new tradition for Moosburg and its inner city, recalls Erni Pichler.
And that's how you came up with the Christ Child - and got started.
Then one thing led to another and it has been extremely successful to this day.
The sixth Christkindl of the Dreirosenstadt has just been presented with Winona Penker.
The lively Advent calendar, the fairy tale parades, the star festival or the magic of the elves in the run-up to Christmas not only ensured bright eyes and happy faces among the Moosburger offspring.
Freisinger Tagblatt:
Ms. Pichler, this year in Moosburg, “Christmas in the old days” was inspired by Charles Dickens.
Why this?
Erni Pichler:
With his “Christmas story”, Charles Dickens is to blame for the fact that we celebrate Christmas in the cities as we know it today.
Until then, you didn't know it like that.
Dickens was the reason that the shop windows were decorated for Christmas in London around 1850 and the first Christmas parties took place.
What would be particularly important to make the campaign a success again this year?
I believe that the shops in Moosburg understood, especially last year during the Wichtel action, that it is important that we have a common thread that runs through the Moosburg Advent.
And so it would be nice if many people would do something in the direction of “Christmas in the old days” in the shops and shop windows.
But the most important thing would be for people to get involved again and take part in numerous activities and events.
Especially for the event on December 18, when the city center and its visitors should feel transported back to the year 1850, I invite everyone to be there and maybe even stroll through the old town in costumes.
How did and do the Christmas makers go about finding ideas?
We wanted something traditional, not really this one, always higher, always bigger, based on the American model.
And it is also confirmed that the simplest things are often the most beautiful for the children.
As a result, we kept coming up with things that cost little money, such as the Star Festival or the fairy tale parades, for which we were even awarded by the Bavarian state government.
It is also important to mention that we can only give the impulses and otherwise rely on the help of Marketing eG, the city, the building yard, the shops, craftsmen, associations and many volunteers.
I would like to thank you in advance for this again this year.
Interview: Josef Fuchs
