Since I’d started as a preschooler at the German International School New York, it had never mattered much that I was the only Jewish girl on campus.

Advent calendars are popular all over the globe, including in the US. Clemence is originally from France, but works as a soprano in Germany.

The Birth of Chocolate Advent Calendars The introduction of chocolate to advent calendars revolutionised the tradition. The first chocolate-filled advent calendar appeared in the 1950s, thanks to a ...

This German town knows how to do Christmas (Picture: Getty Images) Gengenbach, a small town in the heart of the Black Forest in southwestern Germany, knows how to do Advent.

The oldest advent calendar in recorded history was called "St. Nicholas the Santa Claus" which was followed by the "Christmas Clock for Children" advent calendar in 1902, according to the German ...

A Bonne Maman Advent calendar is displayed for a photograph in New York on Nov. 26, 2024. More than a year of research and development plus word-of-mouth has kept the French jam company’s ...

Last year, the German sweets industry produced some 1.14 million tons of chocolate products, a 4.6% increase on 2022, Destatis reported. This amounts to €6.5 billion ($6.8 billion) in value.

These jam calendars are the latest in a long European tradition of observing Advent. Starting in the early 19th century, German Lutherans logged the days leading up to Christmas by marking walls ...

It's almost time for the 2024 Advent season. Here's more about the traditions that lead up to the Christmas holiday and how we got the calendars.

Advent calendars have a long and storied history, with origins dating back to the German Lutherans of the 19th century; they became popular among children in the US in the mid-20th century.