Bundesliga: twenty third Union Christmas singing: 28,500 followers take part | EUROtoday

Berlin (dpa / bb) – The lights went out within the An der Alten Försterei stadium at 7:15 p.m. 1 / 4 of an hour late. Then issues received atmospheric on the Bundesliga soccer membership 1. FC Union Berlin. The conventional Christmas singing as soon as once more attracted 28,500 followers to the sold-out stadium.

It began with the membership anthem by Nina Hagen. Union songs had been in fact sung repeatedly over the course of the night alongside the well-known Christmas hits. The twenty third version of the Köpenick Christmas singing was as soon as once more a whole success.

The Christmas singers, who had been supplied with a songbook and candles upon entry, received within the temper for the contemplative days at two levels plus. The first three classics sung in candlelight included “Good evening, nice evening”, “Every year again” and “Are the lights lit”. As all the time, Pastor Ulrich Kastner from the Protestant parish of Bohnsdorf-Grünau recited the Christmas story.

From 89 contributors to a mass phenomenon

The occasion at Union, which has been bought out for weeks, is the unique of all Christmas carols. There are actually imitators throughout all golf equipment and leagues. At Union, the place simply 89 contributors had been recorded on the first version on December 23, 2003, the occasion, which has turn out to be a mass phenomenon, takes place at some point earlier than Christmas Eve. In Köpenick, “Santa Claus is coming tomorrow” or “There will be something tomorrow, children” could be blared with full justification.

The relaxed sporting state of affairs between the 2 skilled groups actually contributed to the great pre-Christmas temper. Coach Steffen Baumgart’s Bundesliga males went into the quick winter break in eighth place with 21 factors after the 1-0 win at 1. FC Köln. In the ladies’s class, the squad coached by Ailien Poese just lately jumped to fifteen factors and ninth place with a 2-1 win. The Union groups are 9 and eight factors forward of the relegation zone. Christmas can come.

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