Erna, the tree needles

Needling trees and other Christmas disasters...
Unbelievable! Completely unexpectedly, Schorsch and Erna Breitlinger witness a terrible misfortune: the tree begins to needle. Schorsch and Erna are stunned, the children mock and nobody knows what to do. A dramatic play takes its course.
The satirical authors Robert Gernhardt, Bernd Eilert and Peter Knorr tell of this and 15 other Christmas catastrophes during their joint reading in the café in the Muffat-Halle in Munich. And they spare nothing and no one when it comes to votive offerings, but certainly not the laugh muscles of their listeners.
Robert Gernhardt: First Christmas in 1937 and since then he has felt the urge to give presents to the world every year towards the end of the year. This time with a CD.
Bernd Eilert: First Christmas in 1949, since then constant efforts to be able to read good news once as a season's figure. That's the end of it.
Peter Knorr: First Christmas in 1939, and since then constant concern that Christmas will be a purely consumer event - without part of the cake ending up on his own Christmas plate.