Malaysian-German Society Christmas Bazaar

Bratwurst and sauerkraut

Christmas came a bit early this year as we ‘celebrated’ the event at the Malaysian-German Society premise yesterday. This year’s Christmas Bazaar started at 3pm. For the Lees, we headed straight for some bratwurst to fill out tummys first. We were a little taken aback at the price though. A plate of German wurtz and sauerkraut (or potato salad) costs us a whopping RM9.00! Canned soft drinks were priced at RM3.00. Anyway, we were happy to chomp down some authentic German food.

Once fed, we headed inside the blue colonial building to check out the stalls selling Christmas decorations, jewellery and jams amongst other things. Our favourite is Patricia’s Celebrate Life stall selling self-sewn trinkets and aprons. Sweet!

Patricia celebrating life!

Inge's homemade jams and pickles

At about 4pm, the German children gathered upstairs to sing us a few Christmas carols while we enjoyed homemade traditional German cakes! Mind you, you can’t find these baked commonly in Penang. These cakes were prepared specially for this occasion in the kitchens of our German friends based all around Penang! Mmm....

Singing Stille Nacht (Silent Night)

Poppy seed crumble

At 5pm, the children were whisked away for a story telling session in German and English on the first floor while at the foyer downstairs, the International Women Association serenaded us with more Christmas carols, this time in English, before a trendy Santa Claus with cool sunglasses whizzed in on a motorbike! He was immediately flocked by the eager children who had been good this year (as they all received a little goody bag each!). Oh what fun!

Here comes Santa Claus!

Besides organising an annual Christmas bazaar, the Malaysian-German Society also conducts German language classes, film shows, cultural performances, Oktoberfest, and events. There is also a mini Library with a good range of books in German available too.

For further enquiries, you can contact:
Malaysian-German Society (MGS)
250B Jalan Air Itam
10460 Penang
Tel/ Fax: 04-229 6853
Email: office@mgs-penang.com