Sasha and wife Julia Roentgen
This is how you enjoy the Advent season
In the interview, Sasha and his wife Julia Röntgen talk about their Christmas season and their future plans as a family.
In an interview with the news agency spot on news, singer Sasha (52) and wife Julia Röntgen (45) talk about their current children’s book, their travels with son Otto (6) and a special premiere at Christmas. They also look ahead to 2025 and talk about what event will shake up their everyday lives in the coming year.
The second volume “Toto and the Man in the Moon” was recently published. Why did you want to do a second volume?
Julia Rontgen: We had so much fun writing the first book that we immediately started writing a sequel. It’s just really good to deal with children’s issues in a world that’s pretty stressful right now.
Where did you get inspiration from and what is it about?
Sasha: Of course, as with the first book, the inspiration comes from our son Otto. He is a very curious little boy who takes us into his world every day. His cousins, some of whom also appear in the book, also give us stories. The chapters are diverse: It’s about broken arms and how they can be healed, plastic doesn’t belong in the sea, a wild sleigh ride, but also about dinosaurs and knights.
The year is coming to an end. How do you deal with the cold season, what do you find difficult and how do you try to make the time nice?
Sasha: We were very lucky that Hamburg gave us a golden autumn. That really made it easier. Autumn walks through the colorful Eppendorf Moor are really fun. Pumpkin carving and making chestnut figures were also on the program. But these cold, wet, dark days are really horrible. We have to be really careful not to fall into winter depression. Meeting a lot of friends, cooking together and doing sports help to bridge this time. Short trips to the sea too (laughs).
In your podcast you talked a lot about your vacations this year. What were your highlights and what negative experiences did you have?
Julia Rontgen: Yes, we took a lot of trips this year and each one was special in some way. A highlight was that Otto got his bronze badge and he can now swim really well. This is extremely reassuring as a parent. There weren’t really any negative experiences. Actually, you usually do them on the way to the location. Our luggage was always missing, Otto’s once, when we went on a boat in Italy and that was of course really stupid because there weren’t actually any children’s shops there. Constant delays or really annoying people, many, as we call them, cell phone zombies who no longer notice their surroundings and keep running around Otto or bumping into you.
What is it like traveling with your son Otto? Have you suggested that things always go well with him?
Julia Rontgen: Otto is a real travel professional – in the car, by plane or by train. We’re really lucky with him. However, he has always been there from the beginning and has somehow absorbed the traveling with his mother’s milk.
They also want to use the vacation before Otto starts school. How will school change your life?
Sasha: This will be life changing for us. We simply don’t have a nine-to-five job and every week is different for us. Getting up early will be a real challenge for all of us. Otto is not a 7up child, which is great for us now, but it will be very exciting from next September to see how this will work out. We are of the opinion that school has to start later. Various studies have already shown that it is not good for children to start so early. Also being tied to the holidays, we don’t even know how we’re going to deal with it. Since our lives have always been rather countercyclical since we both left school.
You like to travel and have ever wanted to take a trip around the world. Is living in another country an option for you?
Sasha: That was our big dream. We actually wanted to do the world trip in 2024. Corona then ruined it for us, jobs had to be postponed, made up for, and other timings planned. Now let’s do it in pieces. And emigrating: To be honest, this idea is becoming more and more embedded in our heads. For various reasons. For example, better school systems.
We are celebrating Christmas this year and how important is the holiday to you?
Julia Rontgen: Christmas is a very important celebration for us and our family. We’ve been celebrating with all of my sisters and my parents for as long as I can remember, and now of course there’s been a lot of support. We have now grown from six people to 24, with husbands, cousins, grandchildren and great-grandchildren, a few dogs. One tree is no longer enough.
Would you like to celebrate Christmas in another country?
Julia Rontgen: We were once able to celebrate Christmas for the millennium in San Diego. It was crazy, with decorated palm trees and stuff, a real experience. We would like to find a great hotel for our huge family where we can celebrate in the snow. That’s where we’re currently looking, because if the growth continues, we’ll soon be bursting at the seams.
How does your son find Christmas?
Sasha: He loves it. Not because of the presents, but mainly because everyone is there. House parties are his thing anyway.
What do you like to do with him most during Advent and Christmas?
Sasha: We love Christmas markets and baking cookies together. Invite friends and, if the weather is right, go for a walk in the forest.
Are there certain Christmas traditions that you keep year after year?
Julia Rontgen: Actually, we cook a turkey every year, with homemade dumplings and red cabbage, the whole program. But there are just too many of us and we’re having a Christmas party for the first time, without a set meal, with a schnitzel and potato salad buffet.
There’s another date coming up during Advent: Sasha, on December 23rd we’ll see you as the host of the tribute show for Udo Jürgens. What is it like hosting the show for you?
Sasha: First and foremost, it is a great pleasure and honor for me! I’m a little excited too. It’s going to be a big show with great guests and with Michelle Hunziker I have a great entertainer at my side!
What does your personal balance look like in 2024?
Sasha: 2024 was a pretty exciting year, with lots of changes, highlights and a lot of work. But also many great family moments and exciting plans for the future.
What resolutions do you have and what do you want for 2025?
Sasha: The same as last year: listen more to your gut feeling and hope that it finally works and, above all, health.
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