Like many other Americans, the "all-American" Barbie doll has German origins. Barbara "Barbie" Millicent Roberts was born – as a fully grown adult plastic doll – in New York City at the American International Toy Fair on 9 March 1959. Her accessory boyfriend, Ken,...
In the lead-up to Christmas, full of company parties and gift shopping and Christmas Markets, we had a new German word to look-up: Schrottwichteln. It had my German-fluent husband stumped with Schrott roughly translating to "garbage" and Wichteln to "gnomes." Garbage...
A visiting friend from New York asked me for some tips on good gift ideas for her to take back home from their summer in Germany. I love this question as it's one that I have to think about and refresh each time I go back home. Here's my list which includes some...
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