During regular, non-pandemic “Silvester” (German for New Years Eve) Germans set off fireworks worth around 130 Mio. EUR within the course of 1-2 hours. In this episode of “German for Asians” Francoise and Andy talk about the possible origins of this “craze” and how it is a rather atypical German tradition, when one considers German culture and lifestyle. As we say in German: Guten Rutsch (Happy New Year)!