There was a time in history when Christmas trees were adorned with edible items, including apples, to commemorate the feast of Adam and Eve on Dec. 24. Germany is credited with starting the ...

They are those dark-green ornaments ... The common tale told of the Christmas pickle, or Weihnachtsgurke, is that it’s an Old World tradition that started in Germany. It’s a yarn that ...

Some animals are ... in their canon of Christmas creatures, the arachnids are yuletide mainstays in some parts of the world, namely a swath of Europe from Ukraine to Germany.

She found it in the “Christmas ornament town” of Seiffen, tucked in Germany’s Ore Mountains. By Ann Mah For as long as I can remember, I’ve had this image of Christmas: a village nestled ...