Party

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http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE66I27K20100719

We did something similar in my home village in Germany every year on December 12th, for Cookie Day - set up tables of cookies and closed off the main street through our village to the next one over, we had oompah bands and beer and hot chocolate, and everyone went home with a staggering load of cookies for the holidays.

This sounds much more eclectic in nature, a

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<p><lj-cut><p>http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE66I27K20100719 <p>We did something similar in my home village in Germany every year on December 12th, for Cookie Day - set up tables of cookies and closed off the main street through our village to the next one over, we had oompah bands and beer and hot chocolate, and everyone went home with a staggering load of cookies for the holidays.<p>This sounds much more eclectic in nature, a <a href-"http://abcnews.go.com/Travel/party-autobahn-germany/story?id=11196218">street<a/> <a href="http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,5813574,00.html">fair</a>, including Star Wars meetings, bridal shows, weddings, birthday parties, reunions, and birthday parties of all sorts.<p>The Germans have always known how to party, and this just shows how willing they are to do so - to close down a <a href="http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Strange-News/Three-Million-Party-On-German-A40-Autobahn-Between-Dortmund-And-Bochum-With-Worlds-Longest-Table/Article/201007315666986?lpos=Strange_News_Second_World_News_Feature_Teaser_Region_0&lid=ARTICLE_15666986_Three_Million_Party_On_German_A40_Autobahn_Between_Dortmund_And_Bochum_With_Worlds_Longest_Table">major</a> highway for a day just to party. The party's motto, <i>'The table is your stage.'</i> is so typically German - all of life's important events take place around the table and food and beer.<p></lj-cut>