Christmas in Germany

ADVENT SEASON

• They celebrate Christmas as Advent Season, like Christians do.
• They light one candle each week.

CHRISTMAS TREES

• If there are young children in the house, the parents will secretly decorate it.
• The tree is usually put up on Christmas Eve

FROHE WEIHNACHTEN

• They say Frohe Weihnachten instead of Merry Christmas.
• Christmas Day is called Erste Feiertag which means 1st celebration.
• The 26th is Zweite Feirtag which means 2nd celebration.

DAS CHRISTKIND

• Kids write to Das Christkind
• Christkind translates to The Christ Child
• The Christ Child in German is not baby Jesus. It is a young girl with curly blonde hair.
• They have a Santa Clause or Father Christmas.

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