How handmade German Christmas angels enchant the world

German Christmas angels from Grünhainichen in the Ore Mountains have been crafted out of wood and exported throughout the world for one hundred years. Walt Disney loved them, and the Swedish royal family is still a loyal customer today. The trademark of Grünhainichen Christmas angels are their eleven white dots. They’re especially popular as a Christmas orchestra set.
In this video, we show you the attention to detail with which the beloved angels are made and why the Christmas angels by Wendt & Kühn are also connected to a story about strong women and emancipation.
CHAPTERS
00:00 Intro
00:12 What makes the angels so special?
00:52 Famous fans of an old craft
01:40 Making an angel
02:28 A history of emancipation
03:54 A new angel is born
#Christmas #Angels #christmasdecorations
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CREDITS
Report: Hendrik Welling
Camera: Josi Biemelt
Edit: Hendrik Welling, Robert Fiedler
Supervising Editor: Christine Lebert
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[@JW99736]

My Oma & Opa (who immigrated to the US in 1959), always had a version of these angels hanging on their tree ❤

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Wunderschoen ist das 😊

[@johncameron4194]

My mom has these ❤️

[@PeterRodriguez-xl2rs]

Hola desde República Dominicana ❤

[@ChristophS]

My mom also has many of them

[@inspiredbynatureinspiredby5586]

❤

[@helmut3356]

Enjoy Christmas while you can. It may offend some new residents of Germany and you will have to celebrate something else.

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Schmarrn Nonsens

[@saba1030]

84ish million people living in Germany, of which about 5,5 million are Muslims....
Gets really tight for Christmas 😅😎