Christmas Customs
Christmas Customs

Like many other people, Germans, and Bavarians in particular, have got their own special customs and activities for Christmas time.  On this site you can find out all about how to make your own Christmas wreath, what people at Fürstenfeldbruck do for St. Lucia, why everybody is afraid of Knecht Ruprecht and many other things associated with a typically Bavarian Christmas.

 
Advent Calendar
Well, in Germany there is a custom that the little children, also youngsters, don’t need to be impatient for the X- Mas-celebration.
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The Advent Wreath

The advent wreath is one of the most typical Christmas traditions in German families

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Christmas Market

In Germany Christmas-markets play an important role in the time before Christmas.

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Christmas Crib

Setting up the crib at Christmas time is an old Bavarian custom. 

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Christmas Decoration

In Germany there are usually bright lights around the windows, the garden trees and at the roof of the house.

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Christmas Carols
A Christmas carol is a song, whose lyrics are on the theme of Christmas, or the winter season in general.
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Christmas Food
In Germany there are several types of food, that are typical Christmas or the yuletide.
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Nikolaus
The custom of the “Nikolaus“ refers to several ancient stories that have been told for a long time.
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Silvester

In Germany there are some special and traditional things you do at “Silvester” (New Year’s Eve) with your friends and/or your family.

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Saint Lucia
Every year on the 13th of December the „Luzienhäuschenschwimmen“ takes place in Fürstenfeldbruck.
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