Ferdinand Linzenich: Kommt, setzt Euch zu mir - Satirische Weihnachtsbescherung

When annoyed sales clerks only clamor "This won't come in again until the New Year!", when green needled wood is traded at prices usually only paid for orchids, and when the international mulled-wine-fight-drinking community holds its annual meeting with compulsory pointed hats in the central marketplaces of German cities - then, yes then, it's Christmas time again.
But what's the best way to prepare for the holidays? - By spending a lot of money on a Christmas menu, with a few carnival people singing a Cologne version of "Jingle Bells" together with reindeer? Or, by escaping to the Maldives?
Or by having Ferdinand Linzenich serve you a very special kind of Christmas punch as a festive aperitif, full of humor, subtlety and satire?
"Come sit with me" is the name of his Christmas program this year. There may be a lot of laughter, but in between it also becomes wonderfully sentimental, thoughtful, contemplative and then again satirically wicked.
It is an invitation to have something read to you, as in the past, and to experience what the Advent season is supposed to be all about - being merry together and pausing.
So don't miss this Christmas roller coaster ride, the best therapy for all those who say they are not yet in the right Christmas mood. Afterwards you can hardly wait - guaranteed - but you need to sleep a few more times.