In Germany, people use an Adventskranz, or advent wreath, with four candles on it to celebrate the four advents or the four Sundays before Christmas. On each of the four Sundays preceding ...

An Advent wreath is circular and symbolizes everlasting life and unending love. The arrangement is used to put our attention on the meaning of Christmas. The candles, in particular, put our focus ...

While many Advent and Christmas traditions go back centuries in the United Kingdom, Christingles is a relatively new observance here. It started with the Moravians in 1740s Germany, but it wasn't ...

Dec 2, 2014 Dec 2, 2014 Updated Dec 3, 2014 0 From the brats and sauerkraut to the stollen and Springerle cookies, the singing of “Silent Night” and original Dresden ornaments, the Grand ...

Germany's many Christmas markets are ideal places to shop for holiday goods. With sometimes hundreds of vendors selling handmade crafts and artisanal gifts, there's a lot to choose from.

A small town in Germany turns its town hall into the "world's largest" Advent calendar each December. It started as a way to boost businesses in the winter, but it's grown to mean much more.

Advent calendars have their roots in the 19th century, when German Protestants started taking creative steps to mark the days leading up to Christmas, like ticking off chalk marks on walls or ...

Advent calendars in different countries share the same basic concept – counting down the days to Christmas – but Kleinhans uses bags, which are popular in Germany, each containing a small gift ...