Things American Should NOT Do in GERMANY!

Hi World Friends 🌏!
Christina and Nele had fun time sharing things not to do in Germany. The exploration to different cultures is always meaningful, right? We hope you have enjoyed our video today. Don't forget to follow our new instagram account for upcomings, as well as our casts'!
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[@ChristinaDonnelly]

I really enjoyed learning more about Germany with Nele! 🤗 And just want to add a bit about what I said about Sundays~ In my home state, Massachusetts some stores may be closed on Sundays. (But not all) There are strict liquor laws in Massachusetts so liquor stores are only allowed to be open for a shorter amount of time, or some stores may close completely on Sundays. These laws vary by state, so each is like their own country haha. Hope you enjoyed the video! 😊-Christina 🇺🇸

[@bl4ckdj4ck]

Always interested when Christina here 🤗

[@ChristinaDonnelly]

@@bl4ckdj4ck 🤗🤗

[@Stairway666]

Thanks Christina for sharing your cultural backgrounds. Greetings from South America! :)

[@christophermichaelclarence6003]

Same for us Christina. Some stores are opened and some stores are closed (public services) 🇫🇷 Naked thing in the park 🤣

[@liammchugh9439]

What country are these recorded?

[@henri_ol]

Now we have someone from Germany / Alemania / Alemanha / Deutschland 🇩🇪

[@christophermichaelclarence6003]

Our closest economic and political partner. And old enemy since Franco Prussian War 1870 to WW2 1945 We French say "Allemagne" for Germany We've become good buddies after the War. All thanks to those Treaty that made us come together : Treaty of Élysée 1963, Franco German Duo 1982-1989 and recently the Treaty of Aachen 2019 The 11 November is our Public Holiday which represents the WW1 Armistice/Ceafire from 1918 We do that as well but in private beach out of people and children sight 1:27 Frankreich and Deutschland 🇪🇺🇫🇷🇩🇪

[@inotoni6148]

But she's the third German I've seen on this channel

[@22yardsofficial23]

@@inotoni6148 German in true sense with the DNA and Germanic ancestry

[@inotoni6148]

@@22yardsofficial23 What? What do you mean? She looks the least German of the three. But it doesn't really matter. I just meant she's not the first actually on this channel

[@hansdimter3834]

Allemagne (french)

[@nellysniche]

Hi~ Thank you to the World friends Team and especially Christina for welcoming me so warmly. I had lots of fun filming this! ☺️ Hope you enjoyed this video~

[@uselessfact3000]

hallo deutcher! ich ist thai

[@emmi_loves_the_beach]

@@uselessfact3000 hi

[@Edwardterisno]

Hi Nele, always loved your video along with Christina. 😄World Friends should make more videos of you and Christina discussing things. Btw, youre really beautiful imho

[@brendantoungate8287]

This was a fun video to watch; seems like a fun one to film as well! I used to think that German was a very harsh language at heart, but your voice is very beautiful, and it's changed my perspective on it. Thank you for that!

[@jeremiahbergkvist1866]

After moving to Stuggi the biggest shock was the lack of shops that are open on Sunday. Planning for meals has to be considered now. Then the kitchens. Buying a new kitchen when moving to an apartment was shockingly different.

[@jannisschmidt3681]

To put it into a perspective for Americans: Joking about the third Reich in Germany is like joking about slavery in the US.

[@squiggs1002]

the difference is you can't get arrested about making jokes about anything in the US

[@karinland8533]

@@squiggs1002 you can make jockes, it is bad taste. Denying the holocaust, the Hitler salut or waving around the swastka flag can get you arrested

[@squiggs1002]

@@karinland8533 Actually you can't get arrested for doing those things in the US. White supremacists have held many marches in the past even recently, with nazi flags and doing nazi salutes. They were not arrested as long as they were remained peaceful. Their speech is protected under first amendment.

[@karinland8533]

@@squiggs1002 in Germany we do have freedom of speach as well, but denying historical facts does not fall under that law, anti democratic tirades doesn’t either. My freedom (of speech) only gos as far as I hurt someone elses. And I‘m totally fine with that.

[@garyfontenot2786]

Dave Chappelle didn't get the memo about slavery not being a joke. He has some funny skits on it.

[@alessiagjini1871]

I like how even in Germany there's the "wishing an early birthday", because we have it also in Italy and I firmly believe in this

[@lorenzocavallari3738]

stavo proprio cercando un commento italiano che dicesse questo

[@hmvollbanane1259]

Do you also have the "no gifting knifes"? As gifting someone a knife is deemed a death curse on the recipient, hence we usually tape a coin to the handle that the recipient hands back to the gift giver so that they have "bought" the knife from them instead.

[@tacitozetticci9308]

@Hm Vollbanane yep exactly the same. I bet it's an ancient roman thing

[@toffonardi7037]

italia e Germania sono molto più simili di quanto si pensi

[@irgendeinname9256]

Mh in Germany it's more out of tradition but I think most of us are too rational to actually believe in such stuff

[@LM-oh3vw]

Even in Italy it's illegal to do things that can remember fascism, like the fascist salute. It's called "apologia di fascismo" and you can get arrested.

[@rob9853]

Same goes for France

[@christophermichaelclarence6003]

Indeed it's forbidden 🟦⬜🟥. Long live Europe 🇪🇺🇫🇷🇩🇪🇮🇹🇪🇦🇵🇹🇱🇺🇧🇪🇳🇱🇦🇹🇵🇱🇬🇷🇭🇷

[@La-hora-del-terror]

I think isn't illegal but in Spain if you have the great idea of singing the Hymn or use/have a flag of our old dictador (Francisco Franco) you'll get a 99% of chance of geating a beating from other people and recieve a lot of strong language, the words you'll listen will be "Hijo de puta" (Son of a b*tch) and "Facha" (that word means Fascist or Fascista and the cool thing is: In Spanish we have the word "Fascista" and have the same meaning than in Italian)

[@fernandomanfredi2576]

Pure augurare buon compleanno in anticipo è sconsigliato in Italia ahaha

[@janslavik5284]

@@La-hora-del-terror Is this the reason why Spanish anthem doesn't have words, just the melody?

[@ilaandreis1555]

Early birthday wishes are considered bad luck in Italy too! Cool to find out is something common in another EU country 😄

[@HopeGardner3amed]

I sometimes wonder if the birthday month, early birthday thing started as a scheduling issue. Planning birthday parties around the weekends is common for kids in the US. And I can easily see it as an excuse as it is in the same month/week so don't be too upset it is early or late.

[@RicMorn]

“Cool” is not the term I’d use, but I confirm it’s true. For a lot of people. Sad. 🤦‍♂️😁

[@DambaZhalsaraev]

Same for the ex-USSR countries

[@jacksons8446]

happy early birthday lmao never heard of this in europe anywhere^^

[@eauhomme]

3:30 In South Carolina, at least into the 2000s, it was illegal for most businesses to be open before 1:30pm on Sundays, and even some that were open were strictly regulated on what they could and could not sell. I lived there in 2001-2003 and remember sections of Wal-Mart being roped off. About the only things they could sell were basic groceries, and ropes and barricades blocked off most of the store until 1:30pm. They figured that you should be in church until 1:30pm.

[@ilu9746]

OH MY GOD?? This girl was in a Korean course with me at university! I didn't know she went to Korea again. Good for her! I'm just so astonished to see a familiar face on this channel?!! (Nele if you see this, I don't know if you will remember me, but my name is Ilyas from Ms. Nielbock's class)

[@nellysniche]

Hi Ilyas~ of course I remember you! ☺️ Hope all is well and thank you for watching haha

[@aland.9060]

İlyas ne işler yapıyorsun knk Korece kursu fln

[@ilu9746]

@@nellysniche I hope everything's going well for you as well ^^ Have fun in Korea~

[@ilu9746]

​@@aland.9060 Ben Üniversitede Korece ve İngilizce okuyorum.

[@HopeGardner3amed]

In the USA the Sunday thing is not a national thing. I learned that it is more a southern thing and more a company by company basis thing.

[@michaelsegal3558]

There was once a time in Canada where everything was closed on Sunday but that’s no longer true but some stores are still closed on Sundays or they would have shorter hours of operation on Sundays where some stores on Sundays would open a little later and close a little earlier but not like before when EVERYTHING was closed on Sundays

[@henri_ol]

Stereotypes from germany are probably football , beer , strong language , long words , colp people...

[@dragoseak]

also freaky

[@henri_ol]

@@dragoseak why freaky ?

[@christophermichaelclarence6003]

We French and Germans are like Twins Really good at football 🇫🇷🇩🇪 ⚽

[@nightstorm5914]

@@christophermichaelclarence6003 but it was a long and brutal way before the two became friends

[@angelus1738]

@@henri_ol You're probably way too young to know then lol

[@henri_ol]

Next video is Nele 🇩🇪 with a hammer 🔨 hitting Christina 🇺🇲 while she tries to speak some german words like "Entschuldigung" ( Excuse me ) , "Vielleicht" ( Maybe ) or "Vereinigte Staaten" ( United States )

[@christophermichaelclarence6003]

France 🇫🇷 : Nein nein nein nein

[@julianfroschl3241]

Or some austrian words like Oachkatzlschwoaf 🤣

[@MildStallion1]

I remember from my German class "Freiwillige feuerwehr"

[@LWhoerspielstuecke]

@@julianfroschl3241 Why? Austria is a different Country, it's NOT Germany! - But change the Land Austria to the State Bavaria, you're right. They use the same Word for this - in Bavarian Dialect, not common German. Sit down and learn something about Geography, please :P ;) :D - Greatings from Germany

[@solidgarsten493]

@@LWhoerspielstuecke it’s about languages and austrian german is also a language. What does that have to do with Germany? She should try to speak german not to be german😉

[@user-km5um7gi6j]

Good tips !

[@CatalinaLinal7710]

Interesting that for Nele wishing someone a happy early birthday only causes bad luck to the degree of tripping. I'm German too and for me it feels like you wishing me a happy early birthday is putting a curse on the next year ahead and I won't make it xD

[@1234567qwerification]

5:29 It is the same in Russia: early bday is not recommended.

[@Andrew_-nr7zt]

As someone who is moving to Germany this was very informative and honestly this was also a very interesting video

[@kvllxua_]

That’s so cool! May I ask which city?

[@Andrew_-nr7zt]

@@kvllxua_ Stuttgart

[@christophermichaelclarence6003]

Beware of their language, tough to learn Advise from France 🇫🇷

[@Andrew_-nr7zt]

@@christophermichaelclarence6003 I'm well aware of it and I've spent a year learning the language and there is definitely more room for me to improve and hopefully my girlfriend, her family, and friends would be willing to help me improve as I get myself situated in Stuttgart

[@christophermichaelclarence6003]

@@Andrew_-nr7zt Should have joined us 🇫🇷 but that's okay if join our neighbor's Germany 🇩🇪

[@imgumnim4915]

넬레님 !! 여기서 보네요 ~ 정말 반갑습니다 ㅎㅎㅎㅎㅎㅎ😆

[@Lainlein]

Basically the birthday thing is you jinx it if you wish someone a happy birthday before they actually "achieved" that full year. So it's really sort of like a death jinx, because I mean they might die in that last hour before it's actually their birthday! So they never actually turned 21 or whatever! Died at 20! That's why it's such a bad thing.

[@Serenity_Dee]

For people confused about Christina saying lots of places are closed: she's from Massachusetts, where blue laws still impose strict limits on what businesses can be open on Sundays and for how long.

[@christophermichaelclarence6003]

That's obvious.

[@johnalden5821]

Blue laws do still exist in other states. In my home state the ability to buy alcoholic drinks on Sunday varies by county. And then you have Chick-fil-A.

[@anndeecosita3586]

Where I’m from almost all mom and pop stores close on Sundays. And no liquor store sales on Sundays. I’m starting to suspect the people who don’t live where there are a lot of Sunday closures don’t have a lot of locally owned businesses. I have been to downtowns in some towns where almost everything is closed on Sundays unless it’s a chain.

[@Serenity_Dee]

@@johnalden5821 yeah, it's just that the laws in Massachusetts are notoriously more strict than in most other places, although they've been eased to some extent over the past couple of decades, especially those pertaining to liquor.

[@uliuchu4318]

public nudity is perceived differently depending on the region. In the east for example, it is just assumed to be accepted if ther's an open body of water...

[@michaelsegal3558]

2 of my favourite music groups I believe are German one is called Trio and the other one is called Mo-Do I believe they are both German music bands

[@alejandrosegovia4587]

In Venezuela we don’t wish birthday in advance either!

[@zuschauer4764]

Schönes Video ♥ Liebe Grüße aus Baden Württemberg ⬛🟨

[@guillermorosalesgonzalez1308]

At 3:04, when the subtitles say "we believe in that ideology", even though there's a cut, I'm quite sure she meant to say "WHO believe in that ideology", and that kind of subtitling error when talking about such a sensitive issue can be dangerous. Just letting you know!

[@jkk244]

Until the 1970s everything almost everything in the United States was closed on Sundays. So there were no stores open, but only restaurants and a few gas stations were open. This was because of “blue laws“ which prohibited businesses being open on Sundays. By the mid-1970s the blue laws were gone and things started to open on Sundays. Later, in the 1990s some places, such as Walmart, went to a 24 hour open schedule.

[@casualtravelers5847]

Interesting. In what states are places closed on Sundays? Not in Massachusetts, that's for sure.

[@anndeecosita3586]

So are Chick Fil A and Hobby Lobby open in MA on Sundays? I’m from a Southern state. We have a lot of mom and pop businesses and most are closed on Sundays. So just about all the boutiques, pottery stores, bakeries, candy shops. And a lot of big box stores have shorter hours. Malls are like noon to 6 on Sundays. Liquor stores are closed on Sundays. And actually a lot of m&p are closed on Mondays too.

[@MartinHeilmann]

The reason the shops are closed on sundays is not religious based. Sunday is not Sabbat and was never seen as such by the churches. In early times of industrialisation workers had to work 16 hours a day, 7 days a week without a day off. It was the time when trade unions formed and became stronger. They fought for worker's rights. The sunday became a worker's rest day. Lateron the saturday was added for most industry branches. For the sunday is a day off for so long, it became a common missunderstanding that it was for religious reasons.

[@thescenesociety]

Belem from Germany was so nice and fun to watch ☺️

[@gaiaorigin9569]

Her name is Nele, not Belem

[@clato_not_glato7447]

I live in France about 10 minutes from the border and honestly it's the same here.

[@Pidalin]

You have everything closed in sunday? I am Czech and it was really weird for me when I've been to Vienna in sunday and everything was closed, I really didn't expect that.

[@user-cp5yn2lf6q]

5:25 same in Russia 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@christopheryoung3850]

I'm learnding...😄👍

[@miriamiraci6167]

I'm surprised Germany has the "early birthday" thing too, because in Italy is bad luck too!

[@MissSlovakia2]

I have heard it in Slovakia as well.

[@m.t.vandersmookie1150]

I never tell anyone happy birthday early cuz of this

[@25thbaam43]

guilty of early happy birthday 😆

[@SABRINA.ARMY.BTS.]

Lol yes almost all the shops in Germany are closed on Sundays except flower shops and bakeries (the bakery where I work is open from 7am-2pm)

[@michaelsegal3558]

I don’t drink beer but I hear that Canada has some really good beer

[@plyric]

Even though I've had German friends for 10 years, this is the first I've heard of the "bad luck birthday wish"! Thank you for teaching me! :)

[@ernstkrudl4895]

I am Austrian, asked my mun, 95 soon, about that. We always celebrated birthday the day before. Here answer was, this was because during the day everybody was working in her days, and we kept the habit.

[@sushi777300]

As a German I can confirm. People interpret it more or less strict but generally it's regarded negatively to wish someone an early happy birthday

[@starryk79]

for me this is equivalent to giving congratulations for passing the exam before the person actually has passed the exam. I mean i still need to survive until my actual birthday. I haven't achieved yet for what i get the congratulations in advance. So i really don't want that and would never do it myself.

[@jennyh4025]

@@starryk79 I see it exactly like that as well!

[@numivis7807]

Yeah it’s funny, I always thought it was normal. You really wait for midnight before saying it, i wouldn’t even say it 5 mins earlier. Not even just because of bad luck but also it seems rude to me for some reason. My bf is from New Zealand and i only realized other countries don’t do it that way when living with him. He wanted to open his presents before midnight and it felt very very wrong to me😂

[@miem9775]

German here and I have to correct sth. While there are these FKK / nude areas all over Germany, if you go to the East (the part that was the GDR until the reunification) being nude at the beach or lake is actually also common outside of those / there are less of those areas. It has to do with GDR culture I guess, it was not such a big of a deal back then.

[@MichaEl-rh1kv]

0:30 Germans from the South have mostly darker hair (from brunette to black) than the northernmost ones. Natural blond Bavarians are rare - or descendants of immigrants from the North. 4:00 It's religion based only in the sense that is the Sunday which is the rest day. It was made a law during the days of Prussion chancellor Bismarck as part of his social reforms (which were an attempt to quench the rise of the Social Democrat Party), and the law was a amendment of 1891 to the trade, commerce and industry regulations act. Later it became part of the Weimar constitution and was one of the few articles copied-and-pasted to the new West German constitution, the Basic Law. So the rest day is constitutional, and it is meant to be used for family time. Trucks are only allowed to drive at Sunday if they have a special permit.

[@Nick-ly4gk]

Thats why she said light brown hair because in the north are the blonds and the south are the dark haired then the combination is brown hair

[@MeanApollo]

Complete nonsense. ACTUAL germans aka ethnic germans are often naturally blonde, including in bavaria.

[@Nick-ly4gk]

@@MeanApollo google Lena Mayer landrut then u will know not all germans are blonds

[@MichaEl-rh1kv]

@@MeanApollo Are you joking?

[@MeanApollo]

@@MichaEl-rh1kv Do you have a head injury ?

[@Baeomran]

Thank this is a nice person and I love you guy you bring nicest people on earth

[@johnmookerji7770]

Are there alternative ways of wishing well ahead of one's birthday ? If not, then perhaps, I presume, there is no such thing as "Birthday Card" in Germany, -- which we are accumstomed to sending before one's birthday, particularly in English-speaking countries?

[@jay1924]

Hi, so basically there are no early birthday wishes of any kind at all, no matter the version. We do have birthday cards, etc. but those are usually gifted on the birthday or after. You Can send cards/gifts beforehand, however they won't be opened until the day of.

[@fini5294]

Yeah if you send a card you should label it with “zum Geburtstag “ which means for your birthday so people don’t open it to early. A late card isn’t seen as bad at all though so I make sure I never send a card more than one day ahead.

[@user-qk1wc3cm1q]

예쁘네요~~

[@MacGyver5AF]

I don't want to make Nele angry, but the best beer is brewed in the Czech Republic, which is east neighbour of Germany...

[@thepretorian5292]

Czechs copied it from bavaria. Pilsen is bavarian.

[@MacGyver5AF]

@@thepretorian5292 Don't think so. The oldest brewery in the land, which is now called Czechia, is from the 9th century.

[@youknowwithMartyKauffman]

This is some good contact

[@JujuCapital]

I’m here for Christina cuz yes MERICA!

[@ramsaycobbler8499]

Yes im actually learning stuff

[@edwardsulinski3827]

Remember the song "Bullet" with Mark Zonder. band Psycho Echo !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@artcory6224]

About wishing an early birthday, it's not only German tradition ,we in Ukraine have same tradition, and you better not to wish somebody with birthday at all then wishing earlier, also you can't give presents before birthday it's even worse than wishing

[@individualofuniverse9110]

174 which is like 5 feet 9 inches. You guys are quite tall

[@caroskaffee3052]

Not really, the average woman here has the same height as the average american woman (165 - 168 cm)

[@amrutharajesh8727]

What if someone has a bday on Sunday. No noise no party?

[@jennyh4025]

Just start the party on Saturday, sing happy birthday at midnight and finish whenever you want to (if you party so you can’t be heard outside your apartment or house, otherwise when your neighbors tell you to turn down the volume) *and* don’t forget to invite your neighbors. 😉

[@ohblobby]

Christina is a fan favorite I think haha

[@user-kq6vy8zj4v]

방가방가~~~

[@IErfanCN]

Ok..

[@deanmcmanis9398]

There were many things that I had not heard of before, and Christina and Nele seem to have a good rapport, making it a fun show.

[@sushi777300]

Nele is awesome. Bring her back please 😊

[@maxbarko8717]

You are not going to jail if you are outside designated areas but you might get a citation. In Germany you don’t go to jail so easily like in the USA.

[@TrimutiusToo]

In Russia birthday wishes in advance are also considered to be bad Omen.

[@yhp7146]

오~~여기서는 넬래가 나오네 더 이뻐진듯 방가워요 ..

[@angelsong275]

Oh, my love Nelle. It's been a while.^^❣ Tell us about Nele's personal KZbin channel!

[@LIA-52]

5:27, I always tell them to congratulate me on or after the exact minute of my birth.

[@sandraperlstein79]

For Jews it's the same thing. Never wish a person Happy Birthday before the actual day. Stores are open on Sunday.

[@jaden.t]

Jemand aus Deutschland hier? :D

[@mrpadi64]

Ja. Habe mich übel gefreut. Bin mal gespannt was noch so kommt...

[@RoccosVideos]

As an American I disagree with Christina about most things closing on Sunday here. They might have limited hours on Sunday but that’s even starting to go away.

[@sonishajordan9091]

The only thing I know closed on Sundays is Chick-fil-A.

[@jerry2357]

It depends which state (Land) you are in. In Bavaria, Catholicism is still very influential, and the shops are even closed on some Christian festivals such as the Assumption. Berlin is quite different from Munich.

[@Serenity_Dee]

it *really* depends. in the Southeast, limited Sunday hours are still the rule more than the exception, because it's expected that people will be at church Sunday mornings. here in NC, the sale of alcohol is not permitted between 2 am and 12 pm on Sundays; every other day it's only 2 am to 7 am that alcohol sales are not permitted. and it was only last fall that distilleries were permitted to sell liquor on Sundays, although not at ABC stores (the only place besides a distillery you can buy liquor in NC) because they're still closed on Sundays. and even back when I was living in Connecticut and working in retail, every store I worked at except for a grocery store had short hours on Sundays.

[@RyderOwens0963]

Exactly, I’m from the Midwest in US and majority of places just have shortened business hours. I have seen *very few* of them actually being closed for the whole day during Sunday.

[@leDespicable]

@@jerry2357 Tbf, those originally "Christian" public holidays are not really followed because of religion nowadays, it's mostly an extra day off most people are glad to have lol

[@tiefseehase9503]

I also like to go to the "FKK" zones when at the lake in summer. It makes you feel free and tolerant. It also creates a atmoshere of community. It dosent matter if you are rich or poor, old or young, strong or weak.. everybody is equal and I like that.

[@tiefseehase9503]

@@koschmx If beeing naked is perverted for you, then maybe you should seek mental health. And what does "Doesn't matter if you are rich or poor. Just as long as you're rich..." suppose to mean? Thats a contradiction in itself.

[@Skyl3t0n]

@@koschmx Clickbait. But it isn't such a big deal here.

[@iamsherlocked875]

I resonate with do not greet happy birthday in advance. Actually never knew that you can wish it in advance...

[@rohitmallik409]

These was awesome.....✌

[@irenecarrillo6750]

For the birthday thing, I actually found out recently that early birthdays exist, at first i was so confused because i thought it was normal to think it wished the person bad luck to be born prematurely, but anyway now i understand that it's a thing in the USA, and that i shouldn't really consider it bad luck if it's wished from them

[@EBGamez1]

7th like :)

[@aryankarcii1157]

Almost nothing is closed on Sundays in the US except Chick Fil-A. Maybe in small towns with very conservative people. Even some corporate offices are open on weekends.

[@RyderOwens0963]

Actually in the US at Sunday not everything is closed. It’s just shortened business hours tbh

[@ExUSSailor]

Depends on the municipality. In the town where my dad grew up, there were strict "Blue Laws". ALL businesses, except restaurants & gas stations, were required by law to be closed on Sundays.

[@RyderOwens0963]

@@ExUSSailor I guess it does depend. I’m from a Midwest state and the blue laws here are less strict. In my town there’s only 3 places that are fully closed while the rest just have shortened hours

[@Whyisthatlamptalking]

Yeah, it's very dependent on where you live in the US. When I lived in California, I never noticed many places closed besides some small ma & pa shops, but when I lived in Alabama so many places closed. Of course your big businesses like walmart, target etc. and all grocery stores were still open. I personally don't like Sundays being "rest" days, as the weekends are my time to catch up on things that need to be done that I usually have a hard time doing during the week. To each their own though.

[@anndeecosita3586]

No. Some things are closed in the US on Sundays depending on where you live. Where I’m from in the South we have a lot of mom and pop stores and boutiques and almost all of them close on Sundays. Currently staying in the Midwest, I went walking around Downtown last Sunday and most everything not a chain was closed. Big Box stores tend to have shortened hours but locals tend to close. Liquor stores aren’t allowed to operate on Sundays in my state. CFA doesn’t open Sundays. Also any banks or government services will close on weekends.

[@Alisan12]

Lok ich auch noch ein paar Tage in Berlin und ich bin so müde und kaputt bin ich auch nicht idk* AAAA

[@daisymaher5400]

It’s my birthday on Wednesday and someone wished me happy birthday yesterday lol. In all seriousness, I came across your channel today and the content is great. Looking forward to watching the rest of the videos. Much love from Canada!

[@user-vz3sl1ot4s]

오른쪽 분 에밀리 친구분 아닌신가 ㅋㅋㅋ

[@matthiaskalupner6041]

You won't go to prison for public indecency. That harshest thing that might happen is getting fined for it but most times you'll just get reprimanded to put on some cloth. Also there are no strict rules that you are only allowed to be nude in specific areas. As long as you don't create a distraction - like being nude right next to a heavily used street - or someone takes offense you can be nude quite everywhere.

[@callmeobsequious]

3:04 Heyyyy, y'all should have probably checked for that subtitling error when you were editing this, or maybe at least address it. She said "There are some underground groups WHO believe in that ideology", not "WE believe in that ideology". That could be really dangerous for her. Still a good video.

[@ryangouthro7083]

Germany actually has a lot of similarities to where I live in Canada surprisingly lol

[@michaelsegal3558]

Are they wearing shoes or slippers?

[@kumarplus7722]

Good

[@Grohlizm]

Wait have I been pronuncing Neele wrong!!!!😐 it say it like the word Kneel.

[@halinkap5217]

What about baby showers before the baby is born?

[@caroskaffee3052]

baby showers are such a weird american thing, no one really does that outside the US

[@halinkap5217]

@@caroskaffee3052, after you visit a few of them, they become normal, love preparing gifts for babies and celebrating motherhood

[@caroskaffee3052]

@@halinkap5217 yeah i get that but I guess europeans think it's not smth you would celebrate 😆

[@yellowRose806]

As a Korean American, I never understood the early happy birthday. Also, kids/teens would wear their birthday money taped/pinned to their shirts. WHY would you do that other than the attention?

[@JosephOccenoBFH]

I did that at Roselawn, Indiana Naturist Park Nudes a Poppin 😆

[@giftfarisia4361]

5:04 that's pretty much the same like us here in Indonesia, wishing earlier birthday or having a birthday party before the day of the birthday means bad luck, even for some people in Indonesia it's kinda like wishing death towards the people having the birthday. However, I think that not all Indonesian believe it, there are some people that are more relaxed, and some other that ain't giving no shit about it. But I personally don't like if someone wishing happy birthday to me earlier than my birthday, cmiiw fellow Indonesians;)

[@junior3650]

Almost all places on Sundays are never closed in the US but they do close earlier than most days.

[@anndeecosita3586]

Where I’m from a large percentage of the stores are mom and pop and almost all of them are CLOSED on Sundays. It’s really only the big box that do shortened Sunday. Liquor stores can’t open there on Sundays. Even some of our local restaurants don’t open on Sundays so we have to go on the Internet and check their hours before we waste our time driving over there.

[@hoathanatos6179]

It may be illegal to use Nazi symbolism and language in public as a promotion of the ideology, however, it is legal to depict it in art, historical contexts, and in parody of the Nazis as long as it isn't promoting the beliefs of the party. It depends on the context of how it is being presented.

[@777SFINN777]

I can think of millions of things right off the top of my head... 6 million things.

[@caroskaffee3052]

I can think of two things for america. the indigenous and the black

[@777SFINN777]

@@caroskaffee3052 zing! LoL

[@caroskaffee3052]

@@777SFINN777 whatever that be

[@777SFINN777]

@caroskaffee3052 that was a funny zinger. Like "white people bad." Type shit.

[@georgiebennett3336]

Here in the Philippines, even if we're a huge Catholic/Christian country, Sundays are very different because it's usually a day to go out and in my opinion, it's the loudest day of the week here. 🤣 We typically have Sunday markets where vendors would occupy a street every Sunday morning and the street would be filled with fresh produce. I remember going to Sunday markets in the town plaza after a Sunday mass back when I lived in the countryside. In the cities, city people automatically flock to the shopping centers, downtown areas, and parks after a Sunday mass to spend time with family. It's also a great day for buying groceries for the upcoming week or two. Here, Saturdays are typically for going out with friends, co-workers, Sundays are also rest days too but Filipinos generally reserve it as a day to spend time with God and the family so they tend to spend time together outside while wearing their finest "Sunday dress" as we call it here. hahah

[@kristianbjrnjensen5388]

I am danish and I do not like to be wished good in advance for my birthday, either. I have always felt like I might not become happy on the birthday, or even become ill on the day, if someone wished me a happy birthday too early. I will never make a birthday party BEFORE the actual date.

[@C0mpu1erd0k1or]

No one ends up in prison after a Nazi salute, otherwise, fortunately many neo-Nazis in Germany would be in jail. But you can end up in court and pay a fine, only if you repeatedly glorify Nazis and show the salute are you threatened with imprisonment. For example, there is an old woman who has been claiming for decades that the Holocaust did not happen, which is rightly absolutely forbidden in Germany. This woman was tried many times in court and sentenced to fines, only now has she ended up in prison. And as soon as she was in prison, the moaning started in the otherwise loud-mouthed New Nazi scene.

[@videomailYT]

FKK was a common thing in the 1920s until it was prohibited during the 3rd Empire But FKK get then reinvented in East Germany but i forgot when...

[@nathanaelroux4575]

Wishing a birthday early is also not something to do in France, people say it brings bad luck.

[@christophermichaelclarence6003]

I'm French and I've never heard of this. My first time hearing this

[@evertonamorim2163]

Same here in Brazil!

[@sofiatugas]

Its the same in Portugal ;)

[@nathanaelroux4575]

@@christophermichaelclarence6003 Maybe it depends on the family or the region, it definitely was a thing in my area when I grew up.

[@emanuelezanon4262]

About birthdays, it's the same in Italy. Maybe it's a European thing?

[@Zminator2007]

5:20 Counterpoint to the German lady, by that reasoning only the day of is acceptable. Even it is after, then it is 363-4 days early.

[@miriameichhorn8578]

That's true. But it depends on how you're saying it. If you say "happy belated birthday" it is fine, because you are not wishing for the birthday in the future, but for the birthday in the past. Otherwise you wouldn't use the word belated. Instead you would use "in advance"

[@jennyh4025]

You never just wish a happy birthday in Germany, unless it is exactly the right date. Usually you say „happy belated birthday“ and only up to a week or so after the birthday, after that it’s just not a thing to mention.

[@YuRiSunga]

2:39

[@HomeWorkouts_LS]

Where I’m from in the US it’s legal for women to be topless and there’s a nude “beach” on the lake. Laws just vary so much between states & even cities - it’s confusing.

[@soyaaasdemuse1955]

Christina is wrong about things being closed on Sundays in the US. We have shortened hours but hundreds of businesses are open on Sundays across the nation. Including: Bakeries, Supermarkets, Farmer's Markets(seasonal in some areas), fast food places etc

[@RyderOwens0963]

Exactly, I have seen *very few stores* that are actually closed on Sunday.

[@Whyisthatlamptalking]

Yeah, It really just depends on where you live. In the south east, there are plenty of regions where it's very common for places to be closed on Sunday. I live in Alabama and a lot of businesses observe Sunday as a rest day and close up. Of course, your big businesses are always still open (i.e. Walmart, Target, grocery stores). Where as when I lived in California, I never saw businesses closed, save for the exception of a few ma & pa shops here and there. Though it's nothing like how it is in Germany of course.

[@boelwerkr]

There is no law that prohibits nudity. But a person can be fined and can be make accountable if they disturb "public peace" or cause damage by being nude. (causing an accident by example)

[@Austinniya.]

I think Australasians are forgiven for wishing a German 'Happy Birthday' before their birthday because we are almost a day ahead. Well, I've never ever heard a German complain on Facebook :)

[@jennyh4025]

That’s because we know it’s already our birthday in your part of the world. For example: I know that the new year starts exactly 12 hours earlier in NZ than in Germany.

[@numivis7807]

As a German living in nz I always count in the time difference so I still congratulate my friends on time for their German birthday 😅😅

[@dikiardiansyah6791]

Love from indonesia