{"id":36,"date":"2009-03-31T20:12:13","date_gmt":"2009-04-01T01:12:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/?p=36"},"modified":"2009-03-31T20:12:13","modified_gmt":"2009-04-01T01:12:13","slug":"das-sandmannchen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/das-sandmannchen\/","title":{"rendered":"Das Sandm\u00e4nnchen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong><span style=\"color: #008000\">Guten abend!<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">What is your nightly bedtime ritual?<\/span> <em><strong>Schauen Sie\u00a0gerne Fern? Oder vielleicht lesen Sie ein bisschen<\/strong><\/em><\/span>.\u00a0If you were a child\u00a0in Germany, you would watch &#8220;<em><strong><span style=\"color: #008000\">Das Sandm\u00e4nnchen<\/span><\/strong><\/em>&#8221; (the Sandman)\u00a0<em><strong><span style=\"color: #008000\">Als kind, freute ich mich immer auf diese Sendung<\/span><\/strong><\/em>. I used to watch it with my little <em><strong><span style=\"color: #008000\">Schwester<\/span><\/strong><\/em>, it was part of our nightly bedtime routine. <em><strong><span style=\"color: #008000\">Jeden abend<\/span><\/strong><\/em>, at 7 o&#8217;clock sharp, we would sit down in front of the\u00a0TV and\u00a0anxiously await the return of\u00a0our little <span style=\"color: #008000\"><strong><em>Freund. <\/em><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000\">Since we only had three channels, this was about as exciting as it was going to get! <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">I hope you enjoy the Sandman and his\u00a0story\u00a0as much as I did as a child &#8212; actually, I still do. Of course, I might add that\u00a0the melodie ist <span style=\"color: #008000\"><em><strong>unvergesslich<\/strong><\/em><\/span> and is forever embedded in my brain. Just don&#8217;t blame me if you can&#8217;t get it out of yours!<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Note: There are (or there used to be) two Sandmen: a <em><strong><span style=\"color: #008000\">West Sandm\u00e4nnchen<\/span><\/strong><\/em> (the one I grew up with and that I am sharing with you) and an <em><strong><span style=\"color: #008000\">Ost Sandm<span style=\"color: #008000\">\u00e4<\/span>nnchen<\/span><\/strong><\/em>. <em><span style=\"color: #008000\"><strong>Ich bin mir nicht ganz sicher, aber<\/strong><\/span><\/em> <span style=\"color: #008000\"><em><strong>ich glaube\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><span style=\"color: #000000\">that, after Germany reunited,<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000\">\u00a0<\/span>the <em><strong><span style=\"color: #008000\">Ost Sandm\u00e4nnchen<\/span><\/strong><\/em> became\u00a0more popular, and so eventually\u00a0it was decided, in 1991,\u00a0that the <em><strong><span style=\"color: #008000\">West Sandm\u00e4nnchen<\/span><\/strong><\/em> would be retired (such a shame, I miss\u00a0my <em><strong><span style=\"color: #008000\">Jugendfreund<\/span><\/strong><\/em>)\u00a0I guess there was just\u00a0not enough room for the both of them.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"West Sandm\u00e4nnchen - Ich und Klara\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6wmLDtn-544?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em><strong><span style=\"color: #008000\">Vokabel:<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #008000\"><strong><em>Schauen Sie\u00a0gerne Fern? <\/em><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000\">&#8211; Do you like watching TV?<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #008000\"><strong><em>Oder vielleicht lesen Sie ein bisschen\u00a0&#8211; <\/em><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000\">Or maybe, you like to read a little.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #008000\"><strong><em>Als kind, freute ich mich immer auf diese Sendung &#8211; <\/em><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000\">As a child, I always looked forward to this program.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #008000\"><strong><em>Schwester &#8211; <\/em><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000\">Sister<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #008000\"><strong><em>Jeden abend &#8211; <\/em><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000\">Each evening.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #008000\"><strong><em>unvergesslich &#8211; <\/em><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000\">Unforgettable<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong><em><span style=\"color: #008000\">Ich bin mir nicht ganz sicher, aber<\/span><\/em><\/strong> <span style=\"color: #008000\"><strong><em>ich glaube&#8230; &#8211; <\/em><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000\">I am not sure, but I believe&#8230;<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #008000\"><strong><em>Jugendfreund &#8211; <\/em><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000\">Childhood friend.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Tschuss, und alles Gute!<\/p>\n<p>Nathalie<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guten abend! What is your nightly bedtime ritual? Schauen Sie\u00a0gerne Fern? Oder vielleicht lesen Sie ein bisschen.\u00a0If you were a child\u00a0in Germany, you would watch &#8220;Das Sandm\u00e4nnchen&#8221; (the Sandman)\u00a0Als kind, freute ich mich immer auf diese Sendung. I used to watch it with my little Schwester, it was part of our nightly bedtime routine. 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