christmas in germany traditions and celebrations,
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Germany is credited with giving the world many of our modern
Christmas traditions, such as Christmas trees. German immigrants
arriving in America during the 19th Century produced the first Christmas
cards and the first modern image of Santa Clause. Despite these
modern trappings, German Christmas traditions stretch back to the
ancient Roman festival of Saturnalia and the pagan celebrations of the
Winter Solstice.
Many of our traditions in North America come from Germany, in part
because the United States has more people with German ancestry
than any other. Some of these lovely traditions include the Christmas
tree. Traditionally Germans put candles on their Christmas trees, and
some even continue this potentially dangerous, albeit beautiful tradition.
There are many different ways of how to celebrate Christmas in the
world, and some of them seem to be typically German, which does not
mean much, as the world wide community gets closer day by day.
Of course, we know about Santa Claus.
On the sixth day of December, St. Nikolaus brings sweets for the good
children, which he usually leaves in their boots, or if they haven't any
suitably big ones, in nice decorated bags. A typical Nikolaus bag would
contain nuts, fruits, some chocolate and cookies.
Some of the best attractions are the christmas markets the Germans
have in almost every city. They range in size from just a few booths in
the smaller cities to the big famous markets in major cities. You can
almost compare the bigger ones with fairs, because they have many
attractions for everybody starting with a karussel for the kids going to so
called glühwein for the adults. Every year they attract many local
inhabitants and international travellers.
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