An immense amount of the popular traditions we take part in every Christmas come directly from Germans. That being said, I’d be remiss to not mention that many German holiday traditions have ...

And this is because every year the royals exchange gifts a day earlier, on Christmas Eve, which is a festive tradition from parts of mainland Europe including Germany. Royal commentator Richard ...

Woodcarving has a centuries-long tradition in the Ore Mountains region in Saxony. Smoking men are an integral part of Christmas decorations far beyond the borders of the federal state and have ...

17th-century German settlers brought the tradition ... Once word spread, the popularity of Christmas trees took off. It became a tradition throughout England and North America.

Astrid in Empelde (a suburb of Hannover) regards the Weihnachtsmärkte as “a wonderful German tradition that brings me into the Christmas spirit every time I visit. There’s Christmas music ...

On Saturday, Germans began mourning another violent attack and their shaken sense of security after a Saudi doctor drove a black BMW into a Christmas market teeming with holiday shoppers on Friday ...