This year the World Cup (soccer for the Americans among us) is being held in Qatar. The Netherlands is playing the Unites States shortly for a place in the quarter finals. (If you're wondering, my allegiance is for the Dutchies.)
Due to the summer heat, the tournament was moved from the summer to the winter for 2022 only. This of course creates the unique opportunity to buy Dutch football Christmas ornaments:
These are some of the items on sale over at Xenos on the Grote Marktstraat. A few orange Christmas balls, orange clogs and a lion dressed in orange holding a football. Decorate your Christmas tree to show your orange pride!
Not to be out done, you can also buy football shaped bread at Albert Heijn:
You didn't believe me, did you? Yes, they have football shaped bread. (I will wait for my Christmas tree bread, thanks.)
Lastly, if you're at a local bar you can get free bittenballen with every goal the Duchies score against the Americans:
If you are wondering what bitterballen are, check out English Wikipedia. It's basically a fried meat snack. The meat inside is a meat paste. You want to get high quality bitterballen so that you know the meat inside is also (hopefully) high quality.
Ride the orange wave, everyone!
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