☝️ Key Points
- The song 'Kalenderlied' by Peter Rubin is a nostalgic reflection on the childlike anticipation of Christmas and the passage of time.
- The 'thin' calendar symbolizes the short remaining time until the holiday.
- The calendar also represents the course of the year and life, with each leaf representing a day of the year that is blown away by 'the wind of time'.
- The childhood memories of this time counting and the anticipation of Christmas are an important part of our identity and bring warmth and joy in the dark season of the year.
- In the last verse, it is emphasized that these memories are a shared experience by 'many, yes, many in the world'.
Interpretation
The 'Kalenderlied' by
Peter Rubin is a nostalgic reflection on the childlike anticipation of Christmas and the passage of time. The song lyrics begin with the singer's memory of his childhood, when he counted the remaining days until Christmas on the calendar ('When December came, we counted as children, how many leaves were left on the calendar.'). The 'thin' calendar symbolizes the short time remaining until the holiday ('Calendar, calendar, you are so thin, Christmas is not far away now.').
In the second verse, the image of the calendar is expanded and now represents the course of the year and life: each leaf represents a day in the year, blown away by 'the wind of time' ('Like a tree, the calendar is year after year, with many leaves on January first. But every day a new leaf is blown away by the wind of time, until in December the year comes to an end.').
The third verse expresses that the childhood memories of this counting of days and the anticipation of Christmas are an important part of our lives and our identity. They are what warm us and bring us joy in the dark and cold season ('In our whole life remains a little piece, of the memory of that time. And when the days get shorter and the snow falls from the sky, then many, yes, many people in the world think: Calendar, calendar, you are so thin, Christmas is not far away now.').