Germany's Weird New Year's Eve Tradition│Beginner German

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"Dinner for One" is Germany's weird New Year's Eve Tradition! "Dinner for One" is a British comedy sketch in black and white from the 1960s, in which Miss Sophie celebrates her 90th Birthday with a celebratory dinner, however, all of her close friends died a long time ago. Though that doesn't stop Miss Sophie from inviting them to the dinner party! While a very popular New Year's Eve tradition in Germany, "Dinner for One" is hardly known in Britain. Why then, has "Dinner for One" become part of Germany's culture? In this video I will tell you how a British comedy sketch ended up being one of Germany's most surprising traditions and what exactly "Dinner for One" is about. Viel Spaß!

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[tanyajordening]

This is such a great tradition to learn about! Danke!

[amandaferber]

Anna, danke für dein Arbeiten! I’ve learned German from 8 to 16 years old, but since then I haven’t practice it. Now, 12 years later, I want to remember German, so I’m watching your videos :) Du bist super!!!!

[tigrafale]

That's funny - I'm from the UK and, while the name "Dinner for One" rings a bell, I've never seen it and I would have been able to say what it was.

[shelleygiesbrecht]

Ich habe den film gesehen und er war sehr lustig! In Kanada sehen wir den film The Sound Of Music für Weinachten jedes jahr.

[mikka]

That deadly sound at 4:35 made me laugh out loud. :D

[РоманТруш-ьй]

Ich lerne immer gerne von diesem Kanal, vielen Dank!

[fandielyas]

I saw it last New Years' eve after someone talked about this tradition on Twitter... I sincerely laughed as a young man, so I guess it's a good universal tradition <3

[AnnaK-igfp]

We have the same tradition :)
We watch soviet comedy about a man who went to sauna with his friends on Silvester to a farewell party, they got drunk, and put him on an airplane instead of a person who was going away. He arrived in another city, got taxi, and named his adress, because most of cities in USSR had street with similar names, and buildings were similar, he arrived at this address, got into apartment, and felt asleep, and then the real owners came to the apartment.

[jakubrychlik]

In meinen Meinung der Film witzig ist. James wird immer betrunkener. Der Schauspieler war sehr gut. Tolle Fähigkeiten

[lachesis]

XD Ich erinnere mich an diese Skizze ! Das war so lustig XD XD
SAME PROCEDURE EVERY YEAR

[abosedejones]

You rock, Anna! Thanks for your work. I am learning from you.

[ArminKeshavarzi]

Ich habe das gesehen, Es ist ein wunderschönen und lustig Filme. Ich liebt wann James springt auf der Tigerkopf :))

[attilahegyaljai]

Hallo Deutschland! Guten rutsch ins neue jahr! Frohes neues Jahr! Ich habe es mir angesehen, es war sehr gut.

[jonh]

I love your video! i watched some of Dinner for One and I was offended.

[redabdab]

How very odd to have this tradition! Ein bisschen lustig und ein bisschen verrückt 😂 But I am English and I was ten years old in 1972 yet I have never heard of Dinner for One!

Even more interesting is that I’ve never heard New Year’s Eve called Sylvester before! I thought that was someone’s name!

[DonOctave]

Natürlich "Dinner for One" appears in the side bar. Ich muss es gucken.

[Prophezora]

British comedy is ridiculously funny. I understand now that i am older i appreciate it more. I live in the USA so i never understood it before but thats funny. Ill have to check out an episode. Funny that the germans watch that. An uncle of mine is german and i remember he really liked that one guy Mr. Bean. Lol idk...i never understood it.

[JJLearnsStuff]

Ein bissigen komisch, aber lustig und cool.

[itsmou]

Ja, das ist auch in meinem Land passiert. Es gab eine beliebte türkische Serie, die jeder in meinem Land geschaut hat, aber in der Türkei war die Serie nicht wirklich beliebt

[sighauser]

Abendessen für einen macht Spaß, aber ich kann verstehen, warum es in einer anderen Sprache lustiger ist. Die Komödie ist stärker durch die Taten, nicht durch die Worte