It’s like I told Scribbit last week, I am not so obsessed with the Generous December Group Writing Project that I can’t enter other people’s. This entry, is for MamaBlogga’s December challenge to write about the best time of the year.
While living in Germany is often the cause elevating my stress levels, it does have it’s advantages. Nobody does Christmas like the Germans. Here, everyone works hard to make it the best time of the year. Below is an essay I wrote about traditional German Christmas markets to give you a taste of the local flavor…

If experience is the best teacher, I must be sitting in the corner of the classroom of life wearing the dunce cap.

There were four complete days in the Mistakes Made and Lessons Learned Group Writing Project. The participating blogs wrote posts that were contradictory, funny, sad, frightening, frustrated and altogether wonderful I know that other GWPs have had more entries, but I would argue that they have never had such high literary quality. I am proud to have attracted each of these writers to this contest with a prize worth just $24.95.
Here is the complete list of entries and the announcement of the winner: