Germany’s Christmas traditions
Food: Stollen or Weihnachtsstollen is a German Christmas cake that’s become popular elsewhere like so many German yuletide traditions. It’s a light fruit loaf filled with nuts and spices and sprinkled with icing sugar. Stollenfest takes place in Dresden every year, where Christmas stollen has been baked in various forms for over 500 years.
Here is a recipe if you would like to try it! Stollen
Gifts: On Saint Nicholas Day, 5th December, children thoroughly clean their shoes and leave them outside the door before going to sleep, so that Saint Nicholas can leave them gifts and sweets.
Christmas quirk: While now held throughout most of Europe and the rest of the world, Germany is still the home and creator of the traditional Christmas market. It’s chalets, foods, and gifts still celebrate its German origins, from bratwurst to mulled wine.
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