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Christmas in Germany

Christmas in Germany . Based on decoration and food By Bryony Floyd. Christmas celebrations comes early. I found out that in Germany you start celebrating Christmas on the 6 th December. People often set aside evenings to make cookies and spiced cakes, gifts and decorations.

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Christmas in Germany

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  1. Christmas in Germany Based on decoration and food By Bryony Floyd

  2. Christmas celebrations comes early • I found out that in Germany you start celebrating Christmas on the 6th December. • People often set aside evenings to make cookies and spiced cakes, gifts and decorations. • Fruit shaped in to little dolls are traditional Christmas toys.

  3. How they decorate • Often they have an 'Adventskranz' - a wreath of leaves with four candles. • On each Sunday of Advent (Advent - meaning 'coming' - is the 4 week period before Christmas)another candle is lit.

  4. Decorating • Many houses will have little wooden frames holding electric candles in their windows, and coloured pictures of paper or plastic which look beautiful from the outside at night.

  5. The Tree! • The Christmas tree is a gift from the German countries. Originally, the wreath was the only decoration until Christmas Eve. • On the night before Christmas, the German mother would trim the tree, using lighted candles. When the tree was ready, she signalled her family by ringing a bell. The family gathered around the tree to exchanges presents, then continued on to Mass.

  6. What do they eat? • Goose is the traditional German Christmas dish. Frequently it is stuffed with a mixture of apples and prunes. • And, of course, there is the wonderful invention that is called Stollen, as well as many other German baked goods. Christmas is baking time the world around.

  7. Stollen! • Stollen is a German fruitcake that has been served during the Christmas season for centuries. • The official Stollen is made in Dresden, Germany where it is licensed to only 150 bakers in the city. • The myth surrounding Stollen is that it was originally baked to represent the baby Jesus in swaddling clothes and called Striezel.

  8. Thank you For Listening

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