My grandpa always tells the story that he never had one when he entered school shortly after the war I guess in 1945 so as a prestent for his 80th birthday we finally got him one.
It’s a rite of passage. You get sweets, because: From here on, Life goes downwards!
It is so ingrained in german culture that until now i never even considered if it actually is done outside germany.
I guess not…
I just became aware of this to me incredibly random tradition 🙂
I NEVER heard about it despite living next to Germany and having lived there for years.
Wait, other countries don’t do that?
we have/had the same thing in Poland. I remember having one
I think I’ve seen this ‘cone’ in Kinder-something commercial. I was wondering what is this thing and why all the children carry it. In Poland on beginning of school(and preschool) we have a ritual being humorous form of ‘accolade’ – when new students are tapped on shoulder with big pencil and they repeat the oath.
Its actually a funnel they school uses to cram information up your anus.
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My grandpa always tells the story that he never had one when he entered school shortly after the war I guess in 1945 so as a prestent for his 80th birthday we finally got him one.
It’s a rite of passage. You get sweets, because: From here on, Life goes downwards!
It is so ingrained in german culture that until now i never even considered if it actually is done outside germany.
I guess not…
I just became aware of this to me incredibly random tradition 🙂
I NEVER heard about it despite living next to Germany and having lived there for years.
Wait, other countries don’t do that?
we have/had the same thing in Poland. I remember having one
I think I’ve seen this ‘cone’ in Kinder-something commercial. I was wondering what is this thing and why all the children carry it. In Poland on beginning of school(and preschool) we have a ritual being humorous form of ‘accolade’ – when new students are tapped on shoulder with big pencil and they repeat the oath.
Its actually a funnel they school uses to cram information up your anus.