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German Traditions & Values: Celebrating the Festive Culture

Explore German traditions like Christmas Market, baking cookies, Sylvester celebrations, "Sternsinger," Carnival, and Oktoberfest. Discover the essence of German culture through festive rituals and events.

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German Traditions & Values: Celebrating the Festive Culture

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  1. German Traditions & Values

  2. German Traditions & Values • Christmas Market • Baking cookies • Christmas Eve • Sylvester • “Sternsinger” • Carnival • World Cup 2006 • “Oktoberfest”

  3. Christmas Market • In every city of Germany • Most famous ones: Nürnberg, Dresden, Aachen

  4. Christmas Market • Bands are playing christmas songs • Little huts as stores

  5. Baking cookies

  6. Christmas Eve • Activities: Decorating the Christmas Tree, going to Church, playing games, singing Christmas songs

  7. Christmas Eve • Traditional food: Raclette, potato salad and sausages, carp, goose • Christmas tree with presents underneath • Opening of the presents on the eve of 24th

  8. Sylvester • With family and friends • Traditional food: fondue, raclette • Activities: casting lead

  9. Sylvester • At 12 o'clock celebrating on the streets and fireworks • Couples kiss at 12 o'clock • Happy New Year wish:„Frohes Neues Jahr“

  10. “Sternsinger” • Celebrated on 6 January • Kids move from house to house to bless it (e.g. “20 C M B 13”) for charity donations and sweets. • Songs about Melchior, Balthasar and Caspers' journey to Jesus‘ birthplace • Kids are dressed like the Three Wise Men.

  11. Carnival • Carnival procession • Candy or so called “Kamelle” thrown • Exclamations:“Kölle Allaaf” / “Düsseldorf Helau”

  12. World Cup 2006

  13. Enthusiasm Public Viewing Team Spirit

  14. “Oktoberfest” • Largest folk festival in the world • Duration: 16 days • ca. 6 million visitors • Traditional clothes: “Lederhose” (Men)/ “Dirndl” (Women) • “Maß Bier“ • Just in Munich (Bavaria) on the “Theresienwiese”

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