by HF | Dec 16, 2016
German Advent Calendar: Fact of the Day 18. Dezember – Christmas Carols German and Austrian Christmas Carols Almost five centuries after the Protestant Reformation, Germany’s Christians are about evenly divided between Catholics (Katholiken) and Protestants...
by HF | Dec 15, 2016
German Advent Calendar: Fact of the Day 17. Dezember – The Secret Tree Der Tannenbaum als Geheimnis • The Secret Christmas Tree Some German families with young children still maintain the old German custom of keeping the Christmas tree hidden away or locked in a...
by HF | Dec 14, 2016
German Advent Calendar: Fact of the Day 16. Dezember – The Christmas Pyramid The German Christmas pyramid (Weihnachtspyramide) comes from the Erzgebirge (Ore Mountains) region in the German state of Saxony (Sachsen). First created as a low-cost substitute for a...
by HF | Dec 12, 2016
German Advent Calendar: Fact of the Day 15. Dezember – The Christmas Rose Weihnachtsrose Although they look nothing alike, the “Christmas rose” (Helleborus niger) is the Germanic equivalent of the poinsettia (Weihnachtsstern). In German the central European...
by HF | Dec 11, 2016
German Advent Calendar: Fact of the Day 14. Dezember – The German Christmas Tree Der Weihnachtsbaum • The German Christmas Tree The history of the Christmas tree is not entirely clear, but its German origins are fairly well documented. Although the pre-Christian...
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