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St. Nicholas Day is December 6

Posted by Kathy Kressner on Dec 2, 2009 No Comments

Germany celebrates St. Nicholas Day on December 6.  Children leave a shoe out on the evening of December 5 and the belief is that during the night St. Nicholas goes from house to house putting candies and presents in the shoes of children who were good all year and twigs in the shoes of the children who weren’t.

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Fun Christmas Tree Fact

Posted by Kathy Kressner on Nov 30, 2009 No Comments

Did you know that the Christmas Tree as we know it originated in Germany.  The children were not allowed to see the tree until Christmas Eve.  The tree would be decorated with candies, nuts, cookies, apples, angels, tinsel, family treasures and candles.  The presents were put under the tree and a bell was rung.  The children would enter the room where they would sing carols, read stories and open presents.  The Christmas Tree did not become popular around the world until 1848 when Queen Vicktoria talked her husband, Prince Albert, into decorating a tree in their home following the German traditions he grew up with.  At that point other countries tried to compete with the Queen and each tree became more extravagant.

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