New Year's Eve in Germany is DIFFERENT

What do Germans do on New Years Eve? We go through all of the classic traditions from having Raclette to nearly setting the apartment on fire with the Feuerzangenbowle... Have a good slide!

[@stefaniehanson7621]

Hello I m German and married to a British man. I find you both very funny and can relate to some things you say.

[@sybil3947]

Lol I don't know why you're doing a podcast either Liam, but for some reason it's been one of the only things I can listen to and calm down to when I've been having panic attacks lately due to health issues. Thanks for your content it's very relaxing and heartwarming to hear you talk about your lives, both you and Valérie ❤ Frohes neues Jahr 🛝 Also the popping noise was like pleasant background ASMR sounds 😂

[@aaronaaronsen3360]

You should check out Super GT. He does simracing content but for some reason his voice is really relaxing and some people uninterested in this kind of videos do listen to this guy to go to sleep. I don't know if you'll like it but it's worth a shot. I hope you get better !

[@EnolaElorie]

I hope both of you are having a wonderful time in the UK at the moment and I wish you the best for 2025!!🎉 Thank you for inviting us into your home and lives and being such genuine and fun people to follow. Can't wait for next years content.❤ Oh and...someone did miss a gherkin that had to be eaten. Was obviously not on purpose...but...the gherkin tax must be paid!!😂🥒

[@barrypos55]

You are a great couple...I hope you have a brilliant 2025.

[@jessicaseven]

Not like this fake influencer couples

[@tagedieb2204]

yes, there a best couple on KZbin... i love them too

[@senyahirol]

Happy New Year to both of you! I just love watching you go back & forth with one another! 😊🎊♥️

[@richs6205]

Enjoyed listening to you both, very funny. Love the way you both get along on camera.

[@Brocoree]

I love that you did this in a different area!!!! I love your podcasts so much it's like hanging out with a friend! I'm moving to Germany for a year and ive enjoyed learning more about it through your content :)

[@doninis1354]

My favorit tradition is "Rummelpott laufen" it is a northern Germany Tradition. Children go in costum from door to door sing and get sweets. There are a couple of different songs/verses . The most fun was as young adult, than you receve a "Schnaps" not candy. 😁 I hope you will have a great new year as well...every year has a motto for me and I think I fullfilled the Motto of 2024 verry well.

[@insidetheuniverse1]

With how bad things are , I need a good slide out of this year lol or decade or era , we just in a bad timeline . Let’s slide into the new year with your videos Liam ! Y’all kept me laughing all year and I hope yall keep expanding

[@Bhappylife]

You guys make my day! Happy New Year.

[@kahvi-p5t]

Your doggo was peeking. 😁 Must smelled so nice.

[@Chameleonen]

Guys I'm Danish and we have most of the same tradition as Germans. 1. We eat Oil fondue (Not cheese, that is Swiss) but also cud or Beef tenderloin as a tradition. 2. "Dinner for one" (90 års fødselsdagen) is the highlight just before midnight clock at the main square of Copenhagen. That has been the tradition since I was a child and I'm 61 years old. Even Christmas has some of the same traditions except we dance and sing around the Christmas three before handing out gifts (this tradition is hundred of years old as you can see in some H.C. Andersens fairytales).

[@TheRealJulimar]

Just celebrated my first New Year in Germany and it was awesome 🥰

[@BouncePieBasket]

I have happy memories of living in a german village when the neighbours came outside at midnight and shook hands wishing us a Happy New Year, followed by fireworks.

[@wangofree]

In the USA we get guerilla firefight with what sounds like machine guns and mortars going off after midnight.😣🎇

[@simonspeechley2859]

The British New Year tradition is to get hammered down the pub.

[@petebeatminister]

How many New Years do you have in Britain every year? :)

[@aaronaaronsen3360]

​@@petebeatministerI guess they get so drunk they forget they went to the pub so they have to go again the next day.

[@danid.2573]

Eating the pickle brings out the old man's charaktef's face expression 🤣

[@eh6454]

The lucky chimney sweep is a traditional British thing, I remember from childhood. People would pay someone to dress up and turn up on the doorstep at New Year’s, apparently 😄

[@red.aries1444]

New Year's Eve traditions at the Carpenters: ...By the way: The same procedure as last year, Valerie? ... The same procedere as every year, Liam! ... Well...I'll do my very best... In diesem Sinne, einen Guten Rutsch. 🙂

[@pc.9008]

“Thats good marketing” 😂😂😂 Happy New Year 🎉

[@Megidolaon_]

Those bread.. things with powdered sugar is a classic in Latvia, also pickles are awesome wtf.. Happy new years, guys!

[@debtyler215]

This was so funny Iove all you do !The chatty podcasts and the shorts keep them coming .Thankyou Happy new year to you both 🎉🎉xx

[@spinshade]

The doggos are the real winners here haha.

[@AWallaceProductions]

Happy new years guys. Liam if you're still taking bit ideas, one of my favorites is two bilingual people having a conversation in their separate native languages but understanding each other. Just a thought.

[@liekie]

I'm dutch living in Berlin, my husband is german. I mix german and dutch "cuisine" a lot. Actually many dishes are similar. the Netherlands many people also eat "Raclette" at new years eve, (and at Christmas as well) however, in the Netherlands it's called "gourmetten" (it's a verb).

[@aaronaaronsen3360]

Hey, I'm french and here we don't do raclette at new year's eve but mostly as some kind of equivalent of winter BBQ. Just some excuse to drink a bit much, eat a lot and have a good time with friends

[@lawrencegrace9302]

This is very interesting and I thank you! Thank you also to those of you who left comments telling of things. Happy New Year 🎉

[@Tybold63]

"Dinner for one" is still popular in Sweden too so it is probably Germanic "bad taste" 😆 CHeers!

[@andersfalck6633]

Gott Nytt År från ett stort fan i Sverige!

[@verenastacher9466]

Germans and „Raclette“😂, nice greets from 🇨🇭

[@KingHistory13]

Happy New Year to you guys! 🎆

[@bridgetveldhuis4473]

So nice to see the family join you to see in the new year! 😀 ❤ England is a bit poor on traditions for new year's eve but they are warming up to the continental fireworks at midnight tradition. And of course big fireworks displays on new year's day are quite a thing. Happy new year to you two, and the family! Hope to see more of all of you in 2025 😊😊😊

[@Theone_nooober]

Frohe Weihnachten 🎄 (Merry Christmas)🎅

[@derjoghurtmitderecke]

Happy Hanukkah

[@Audulf-of-Frisia]

Traditionally we say in the Netherlands: Veel heil en zegen in het nieuwe jaar. Much hail and blessings in tye new year. Viel Heil und Segen in das neue Jahr. Now most people just say : Gelukkig nieuwjaar

[@bridgetveldhuis4473]

Ja! I am a Friesian abroad and have just been told only religious Northeners say that now. Ah well, "folle lok en seine" for 2025 to you! 😊

[@Audulf-of-Frisia]

@bridgetveldhuis4473 Not just religious folk but also traditionalists like myself 👍🏻

[@kiritokaguya9180]

Poor Liam und einen guten Rutsch ins neue Jahr. 🥳

[@bobbob7877]

you guys are lovely love watching you both great video

[@ElisabethChytil-hw4fs]

Valerie ever so gleefully passing over the gherkins😂😂😂

[@JB-ri4rt]

Ihr seid super ihr beiden 👍👍😂

[@Sayonika-24]

I'm watching it in the mid night.

[@HerrXabu]

Meine persönliche Tradition ist es an Silvester auf dem PC "Nippon Marathon" zu daddeln (Multiplayer Partygame) und direkt wenn das neue Jahr beginnt, laut den Remix von "Still Alive" zu hören (in der Ghost in the Shell Version) Ai, was man halt so macht Ich wünsch euch beiden einen tollen "rutsch" ins neue Jahr

[@CavHDeu]

Der einzig erlaubte Glückwunsch in die Zukunft: Guten Rutsch ihr zwei! 🎇🎆

[@azbestoz]

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYBODY!!!

[@norasmith8699]

"Aww Liam. There was a thought behind all of this" 5:56

[@kategwynne4658]

Happy New year both!!

[@igoriusdeath]

Zuerst wird der arme Kerl mittels Gurken gefoltert, dann werden die Hunde durch Füttern vom Tisch verzogen. Liam, gib uns ein Zeichen, dann startet die Evakuierung. :D

[@susannabonke8552]

Another tradition: Krapfen um Mitternacht. Sparkling lights..and Champagne

[@Uwe_Ludolf]

In the Netherlands we have the same grill thingy but don't call it Raclette but gourmet (gourmetten as verb). We don't put cheese and potatoes neither. Mostly meat, fish, onion, paprika, mushroom - and maybe some batter so the kids can make pancakes in the little pans. With the Berliner, isn't it a thing that there is one filled with mustard instead of jam and the person that has one with mustard will have bad luck in the next year. I am confused by the fact you say newyears day but i think you are talking about 31st? We call it old years day 😂 Guten Rutsch ihr beide Time to sleep, I'll wake up tomorrow morning at 7 make 'oliebollen' - fried dough/batter, like Berliner but more loose and without jam.

[@vikkihine]

Diner for one tradition in my family in Australia- it’s an odd tradition after you’ve seen it so many times though ! ❤❤🎉😂

[@manxeable]

Berlines! We eat those here in Chile too! Not only for New Year, but all year round and it can be filled with manjar (dulce de leche) instead of pastry cream.

[@茉愛-z5o]

omg I've never expected to hear you mention Japan! You're always welcome here anytime : ) May the new year bring you and Valérie peace, joy, and happiness

[@draspik]

Happy new year und schaut Dinner for one ❤

[@Abebe345]

Funny content as usual. That fire was impressive.

[@nimahk2015]

My German ex’s family made me watch Dinner For One every year. I actually oddly miss watching it.

[@jakefarronmerlin7963]

Appy new year, Prost.

[@jamesd3061]

First footing is a only a Sottish tradition, not the whole of UK.

[@JohnMacbeth]

I'm English and its not a thing for us, It's just blanket statements being applied to the whole of the UK, when in reality it's specific to each home country.

[@gabrielavandertouw8682]

Raclett is swiss . Yes. En Guetä ! ( guten Appetit).

[@dMi_mi]

💖 Peacefully Beautiful 2025 ✨😌

[@simonspeechley2859]

Rachel Stewart formally of DW Die Welt did a reenactment of Dinner for One with her as the old lady.

[@BarbaraWohlfart]

We call the Krapfen KREPPEL (in Frankfurt)

[@frankberkemeier]

Oy mate. Everything cheese is Swiss? As a Dutch person I am offended! We are the Kaesekoepfe, not the Schweitzers.

[@AVERYSMARTNOOB]

Yaaa! 🎉

[@renebernahrdz4236]

nein guten rutsch ins neue jahr sagt man Tage vor Silvester , happy new year dazu sagen wir frohes neues

[@peterbreughel4440]

New Year's traditions in the English-speaking world are alcohol, fireworks and Auld Lang Syne.

[@gabibavaria]

Guten Rutsch euch beiden und eine tolles Jahr 2025. a small note zum Bleigießen: you have to look at the shadow of the cast part and not the piece itself

[@ranke]

I will do raclette with friends for new year… greetings and have a good slide - from a guy that lives relatively near….

[@r.s.204]

Interesting that Ein Herz und eine Seele reminded Liam of Only Fools And Horses. Actually it's the German version of another British TV show - Till Death Do Us Part

[@pacificprospector]

Ist das ähnlich: "stoßen" wir ins neue Jahr! nicht wahr??? LOL. Happy Hogmanay!

[@0orre0]

Oh nice a 5 min ... 50(!) minutes!? Thank you for the timelapse. The timelapse: Maybe it editing soon... next year😉

[@wellschr888]

When will there be little Liam’s running around 👶

[@derjoghurtmitderecke]

Zer is no running allowed in ze haus.

[@susannabonke8552]

​@@derjoghurtmitderecke 😂😂😂

[@AK-vc4zo]

You forgot something important about the "Berliner"...Normally you serve them to all of your quests and all of them are filled with jam...Except one, that is filled with mustard. The person who gets this will have a lot of luck next year....

[@nicolec983]

iam a german living in tje USA for 30 years, Iam still soooooo german lol......can take the german out of germany but not the german out of the german 😂lol......( just got all the stuff for my raclette 😅)

[@coldlyanalytical1351]

One first New Years Eve in Munich was a bit startling ... we thought the Russians were coming when the fireworks went off. SOOOO loud, even in a suburb.

[@ElisabethChytil-hw4fs]

😂😂😂

[@lynnsintention5722]

Raclette is for a US American something that died out in the 50's and is akin to a childs toy oven......I find it kind of a sad and depressing and it doesn't take good anyway

[@ElisabethChytil-hw4fs]

Actually, in parts of Franconia it's a New Years Eve tradition to eat carp. Have a great 2025😊😊

[@holgerlinnertz495]

yes its swiss and yes you only melt the cheese in the pan - in general what you do is Tischgrill - Real Raclette is just cheese potato cucumber and Silberzwiebeln - en guete

[@derjoghurtmitderecke]

Der Sinn von Raclette ist, das man Gesunde Sachen in Ungesunde verwandeln kann, indem man sie in heißen, fettigen Käse taucht, sich das Ergebnis gierig in den Schlund stopft und daran die Zunge verbrennt.

[@zaram131]

What is Silberzwiebeln in English? I love raclette.. had it in Switzerland and now we have a raclette grill to make it in America.

[@markhavig641]

@zaram131: literally “pearl onions”.

[@riverdeep399]

The tall and dark one is true. my Mum used to make my dad walk in with coal. 😂

[@NorbertButele]

Learnt this one watching Peaky Blinders 😅

[@FabiansReise]

Guten Rutsch guys!

[@twentyrothmans7308]

Guten Rutsch!

[@TomTremayne]

Liam, where's all this Majorca content you keep mentioning? Why not do long videos like this one in various places, it'd be really watchable.

[@HerrXabu]

Owww... look at all the Görkens he must eat here

[@theawesomemepreussen]

we do everything in our pans too, so you're fine. also for 2 only

[@someone8430]

Nice vid

[@elshar123]

Happy New Year from Warszawa (Warsaw), Poland 🎇

[@heiner71]

Have a good slide, and we see us!

[@mattomite9097]

I know this will sound crazy and not put the US in a great light but in Detroit back in the day it was a New Years tradition to fire off a gun in the air at midnight. In the 1950’s my grandfather would fire off a shotgun at midnight. Such a dumb and totally unsafe idea but it was something people would do. In fact the Detroit News still puts out warnings not to fire off guns in the air on New Years Eve.

[@zaram131]

People still do it in the country 🙂

[@NoSTs123]

"keeps the rent low"

[@catboxcleaner3532]

12:32 “British teeth” 12:42 So cute.

[@grahamdodgson]

in the uk it would have been Andy Williams hogmany show in the 70'2 80's now its would be Jools Hootanany

[@jessicaseven]

Miss Marple (aber von denen, wo es nur vier von gab) gehörten bei mir zu Silvester als Kind.

[@museholic7000]

3:25 steak pie is new years meal

[@susac5839]

Come eat Mexican food in Tucson Arizona 🕉️🖤🌵

[@randomowanazwa799]

I love your Podcast! I like yours shorts too actually but long form videos make me feel so unbrainrotted and I try not to watch too much of shorts. I'm 16 yo and I'm from Poland and I also moved to Germany so I can relate in some aspects. Btw maybe u could do a little taste test from "Vegane Woche" from Lidl bc actually there are much options so an opinion from someone would help to know what to buy and also it would be entertaining (also to non-German viewers) because there are some really modern things I guess? Of course things like vegan chicken nuggets etc isn't new but Idk if in many countries u have things like vegan camembert or vegan tomato gnochi or even vegan ribs. And I think in some countries vegan things are really overpriced but in Lidl they have Vemondo (theirs Eigenmarke) so its the same price as non-vegan food so it is kinda Germany related theme so it would suit your podcast (or maybe I just love Lidl and vemondo)

[@tagedieb2204]

ich love the marriage picture in the background... but pls one video hold hands, or better, one kiss pls :)

[@Xxx-z3k6n]

Trööööööööt 🎉

[@shaunsaunders320]

So that's what stroh is for, when i was stationed in germany i seen it in a shop once and decided i had to buy it when i seen it was 80%proof, it was the most disgusting drink ive ever tried 😂

[@Lysiendra]

Soweit ich weiß kommt „guter Rutsch“ aus einem missverstandenen Satz aus dem Jiddischen. Eigentlich wünscht man damit einen guten Start und nicht ein gutes „Rüber kommen“.

[@ElisabethChytil-hw4fs]

Stimmt. Rutsch vom jddischen Rosh (Rosh hashana). 😊

[@berndhoffmann7703]

27:49 "... when we was..." is that a thing in the UK? Up to now I was wondering about some US stars who said similar stuff quite often, is it just a mistake while speaking, or is it a thing, like younger say it on purpose to differentiate?

[@Silvia-yb8cv]

Poor Liam,getting Red in the face because forced to eat Pickles

[@jejeroliv]

passez nous voir près de Paris et on vous fera une vraie raclette avec fromage, pommes de terre, charcuterie, vin blanc, etc.

[@red.aries1444]

The wale from the wax melting could be a prophecy of two things: Either someone in the family turns into something like a wale before a little Jonas, maybe a Pinoccio, who would be more fitting for the "Carpenters" shows up ...or..."Call me Ishmael"... you will get so fixed on some idea in 2025, that there isn't any room left for other things and in the end this project will destroy your whole life... ...or nothing of both and it's just a dumb entertainment gag to kill time through New Year's Eve. 🙂

[@wellschr888]

In my life we say Nam Myoho Renge Kyo

[@derjoghurtmitderecke]

Gesundheit.

[@wellschr888]

No it's not in English

[@AngieCook-f9o]

*Germans be like: fireworks at 6pm, recycling on point, and only dancing to techno. Happy Neuj*

[@arslan3064]

Your damn round face I have a kink for that shit I want to do you so bad right now, happy new year anyway yea I'm done

[@nixi-bixi]

They do put hogmony on the telly every new year in the UK but is that just the uk appropriating Scottish traditions?

[@JohnMacbeth]

No its just blanket statements online being applied to the whole of the UK when in reality it's specific to each constituent country. I'm English and haven't seen it for example.

[@nixi-bixi]

@JohnMacbeth well I live in bham now and grew up in Staffordshire. I do remember seeing hogmony on the telly back in the day when I regularly watched TV... So it's definitely been a while. Maybe BBC? I think the programme switched between Scotland and then the London fireworks at midnight.