5 German Christmas traditions you should know | History Stories

[@spike16965]

I have german on both sides of my family. Always loved learning about my heritage growing up.

[@moestatk1]

In my (German) family. We open gifts at night on Christmas eve, rather than the morning. We also sing songs before anyone’s allowed to open their gifts. Conveniently, it helps with splitting Christmas for our American in-laws

[@SPARKY102950]

In my Swedish American Family, we also open our gifts at night on Christmas Eve. We still put stockings on the Chimney and put little gifts in them so they also get something on Christmas morning. and so they celebrate Christmas twice.

[@Ingrid-b5z]

Love my German heritage !i was born in burkum ! proud so proud ❤❤

[@spike16965]

I wonder if Germany still does Krampus?

[@Rub69420]

i have to do a presentation in my school of what the culture is like in germany at christmas and this video save me

[@pallaviallewar211]

Ikr

[@mistervacation23]

Es ist wie an Weihnachten, man weiß nicht, ob man ein schönes Geschenk oder ein Paar Unterwäsche bekommt

[@Kay-po4pl]

0:00 Intro 0:17 Christmas Markets 1:00 Christmas Shooting 1:37 Midnight Mass 2:28 Christkind and St. Nicholas Day 2:51 Christmas Trees

[@susannelenz9707]

Romantic😊

[@staceyxu6327]

Nice traditions

[@DWHistoryandCulture]

Do you celebrate Christmas, Stacey? If yes, what’s your most beloved custom?

[@WanderlustGoGo]

Bescherung fuer die Kinder mit der Christkindglocke? ❤❤❤❤

[@DWHistoryandCulture]

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[@New.name-MD]

Wie schön! Gott segne Deutschland 🇩🇪 🙏 ❤

[@johnmarquardt1991]

Advent wreath?

[@thorstenh.5588]

Its supersmart to show our christmas traditions with clips from the 1960th. VERY clever. 🥱

[@DWHistoryandCulture]

We're not quite sure we're following along just yet. Would you care to elaborate?

[@thorstenh.5588]

@@DWHistoryandCulture No problem. The description states that this video will show German Christmas traditions. At 0:56 we show pictures from 1960. That's fine, because it's always nice to see impressed children. But at 1:01 and 1:45 we see scenes from 1952 and 1958 about the Christmas shooting. I'm 57 and lived in Bavaria for a few years, but I've never heard of this tradition. If you want to share information with others, it is better to show pictures from today. If you use older images, it's helpful to comment. Is this tradition still celebrated or is it a tradition that was celebrated years ago?

[@Dreamy.tsu_]

​@@thorstenh.5588 Wohl gesprochen

[@LettersFromAFriend]

The Christkind never was based on baby Jesus. It is always a woman or girl, and always has been. It has some similarity with the Russian Snegurotschka.

[@mistervacation23]

Ich hoffe, ihr Kinder erkennt, was für eine alberne Ressourcenverschwendung das ist