SECHSUNDVIERZIG HEILIGABENDE - WINTER UND WEIHNACHTEN BEI ERICH KÄSTNER

The Christmases and winter joys that Erich Kästner (1899-1974) experienced were a long time ago. He remembers them fondly and tells us about them. And all of a sudden, everything that the great writer and childhood friend described in trenchant poetry and prose is very close to us.

After all, the anticipation of the Christmas tree and presents, the quite frightening visit from Santa Claus, our helplessness as children and later as adults as to what we should give to whom, the shining eyes and possible disappointments under the Christmas tree have not changed in around a hundred years.

In addition to his own touching and comically described experiences, Kästner also invented a series of characters who experience a winter with lots of snow or a Christmas full of joy or sadness. "Three Men in the Snow", "Felix Fetches Mustard" and "The Waiter's Christmas Eve", as well as "Interview with Santa Claus", "Masked Ball in the High Mountains", "When Santa Claus Came" and many other texts brought to life by Hans-Jürgen Schatz, who has been familiar with Erich Kästner's material, tone and humor for over thirty years, offer the best entertainment.