Why Christmas in GERMANY is so GOOD
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- Опубликовано: 11 сен 2024
- Having a look at different Christmas traditions in German, UK and Spain and how we celebrate each year in our Spanish/English/German household.
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In my northern german family the big meal is on the 25th. On the 24th we have sausages and potato salad.
Kennt man auch im Pott, muss schnell gehen, damit man ncht so viel zu tun hat bevor man in die kirche geht 🙈
@@noortjelief1987 Als ich klein war lief Heiligabend so ab. Erst Kinder in die Kirche, damit die Geschenke in ruhe unter den Baum können. Dann Geschenke und Kaffe und Kekse. Dann Würstcheb und Kartoffelsalat.
Jo, wir in Franken machen den großen Schmaus auch am Weihnachtstag, nicht an Heilig Abend
My father came from Eastprussia, my mother from Baden, in the Black Forrest.
We had on Heiligabend my father take the christmas tree in the livingroom and make the candles on it. My mother and I decorated the tree. Welthandelsorganisation had dinner, with potatosalad and Wienerle. Then werden had to change clothes in sunday clothes and we go in the livingroom candles on the tree are burning. My father reads the "Weihnachtsgeschichte" (Lukas 2) then we prayed, we sing christmascarols and then we unpacked the presents.
On the 25th dezember we go to my grandmother (my father's mother) to celebrate there. My aunt, which was married to an French Colonel and her children was by grandmother too. There was a kind of family reunion.
Weil es eine spezielle Zeit ist, haben wir eine schöne Dekoration. Wir dekorieren am liebsten mit den Kindern. Kein großes Licht, warmes Kerzen Licht. Es ist eine Zeit sich zu treffen, sich zu unterhalten, zusammen zu Lachen, zu Spielen nach dem Kirchgang. Man bekommt ein warmes, glückliches Gefühl! Kaminfeuer usw. Es bringt auch Familien die sich gestritten haben wieder zusammen. Ich bin Niederlanderin, mein Mann Deutsch, die großen Kinder, Verheiratet, Deutsch. Heiligabend bei uns, 1 Weihnachtstag bei den Schwiegereltern. 2 Tag haben alle den Bauch voll, und alle brauchen Ruhe! Der Weihnachtsbaum, ist ein Heidnische Brauch. Unter dem Baum steht der Stall von Bethlehem. In unsere Familie werden Lieder gesungen und Opa, mein Mann, liest die Weihnachtsgeschichte vor. Danach wird Gegessen. Danach gibt es Geschenke. Normalerweise gab es Früher Kartoffelsalat mit Würstchen. Diejenigen mit mehr Geld, hatten Gans manchmal Ente. Die Großeltern meines Mannes Sparten ein ganzes Jahr, um Weihnachten eine Gans zu haben. Nach dem Krieg gab es nichts. Bei mir Zuhause war es ähnlich, nur es gab nicht soviel zu Essen, weniger Geschenke, dafür viel Geselligkeit. Meine Enkelin en, bestehen darauf, daß unsere Tradition fortgesetzt wird! Von klein an musste es immer so sein. Jetzt sind sie 24-18-17und 12. Ich wünsche Ihnen und Ihre Frau eine sehr schöne Vorweihnachtszeit. Frieden und Glück für uns alle.
In my Northern German family advent has always been the start of a festive season with the advent wreath, baking cookies and cosy family time. Of course the tree wasn't put up until the 24th and has always been part of the "Bescherung" ( giving and receiving presents) meaning that the children weren't supposed to see the decorated tree before Christmas eve. Nowadays as a retired and living alone grandma with children/ grandchildren living abroad I still enjoy having lots of candles around, baking cookies and decorating my house, but no tree.
The first documental Christmas-Tree was 1419 on the Heiliggeist Spital in Freiburg. It was decorated from the bakery-guild with baked goods for the poor people who lived in the Heiliggeist Spital.
In the Italian part of our famiy the 7 course feast was on the 24th, but because we were still fasting for advent, the meal included 7 servings of fish
I watched a documentary in the ARTE mediathek today," Auf den Spuren des Weihnachtsmannes" . They said that celebrating Christmas was forbidden in the UK by Oliver Cromwell and was reimported later in the Queen Victoria/ Charles Dickens Era. I never heard that before!
I'll have to watch that! Sounds interesting.
Klingt interessant!
Btw. In the north and east (so basically the protestant parts) it's not the Christkind but the Weihnachtsmann who brings the presents. When the kids are still small he normally actually visits them on Christmas eve (an uncle or neighbor who is dressed as the Weihnachtsmann)
And the funny thing is that Martin Luther originally introduced the "Christ Child" as a gift giver to replace St. Nicholas' Day or the "Day of Innocent Children" (December 28).
In the course of time the "Christ Child" and the gift giving somehow became Catholic;)
In the protestant parts of the South it's also the Christkind, not the Weihnachtsmann - I think the north has much more in common with Britain traditionwise than southern Germany
@@dorisw5558 and I believe, the southern protestants just have to adapt to the catholic majority for not to get dissed ; )
In the protestant parts of middle and northern Hesse it's still the Christkind. We are a Weihnachtsmann-freie-Zone.
It's part of the church service (played by a confirmee), sits during our Christvesper in the church. After that it's walking with two other angels (also confirmees) from house to house (or at least from the houses where younger children live), rings the bell and tell's the people, that Jesus Christ is born.
@@nordishbynature268 since the christkind is a protestant and not a catholic thing I’d say no
The presents delivering "Christkindl" was invented after protestants abolished the "Saints" thing and with it Saint Nikolaus. The catholic children got their presents then, but the protestant children wanted presents, too, so they had to get it as birthday presents by the birthday child itself. (By the way: Catholics used to celebrate their name day more than their birthday, but this tradition petered out during the 20th century while the tradition of birthday presents spread.)
In Catholic tradition Christmas Eve is a "vigil" day, and that did mean: no meat. Fish was not considered to be meat, so a traditional dinner would often consist of herring salad with hot potatoes (often red herring salad which contains red beet): No turkey, no goose or such things at Christmas Eve. And no dance, cause: Vigil day.
Christmas tree is not an old tradition in most of Germany. There are reports of a Christmas custom involving firs in the Alsace starting in the 15th century; in the 17th/18th century well-situated citizens in Alsace did have a small christmas tree hanging from the ceiling decorated with apples (which were later on replaced by locally produced red and silver glass bulbs). During the romanticism the custom was spread over all Germany, but still refused by many Christian (especially Catholic) households which deemed it a pagan custom. Following WW II however the resistance faltered.
Well, baby Jesus is at least a better fit in the chimney than St Nick... Just ask Victorian time orphans. 😁
There are people in the UK who open their presents on Christmas Eve, they are called the Royal Family.
Yeah, that's because they are of German descent.
Christmas eve is the most important time, because the Christmas tree is set up and you'll get presents, but the meal is traditionally humble (Fish, or some sort of potato salad with Frikadellen). Has got something to do with a fasting period. The big meal is on Christmas day, any Kind of Braten goes, Goose is very traditional, but many many people opt out of this and do Raclette or something.
Because my grandparents and my mom are from Saxony (they fleed in 1958, before DDR-wall was built) traditionally we always have the same Saxonian food on Christmas: In the noon of Christmas eve: "Gänseklein", a strong noodle-soup with goose's bones and little pieces of goose-meat inside. In the evening after Bescherung either salmon on Weißbrot or Käsefondue with white wine. 1. Feiertag: A roasted goose with potato dumplings and cold Honigmet as drink. 2. Feiertag. Normally restaurant. And of course always: Dresdener Christstollen! I cannot imagine a Christmas without.
That's really interesting. Thanks for sharing.
@@RichieZero in other regions of Germany they serve the goose with red cabbage, mushrooms or fill it with chestnuts. In Saxony only with potato dumplings and nothing else. A holy rule for Saxonians.
The `getting drunk with friends evening` is the 23rd here! People meet old friends from their hometowns and drink beer in their favourite pubs. Sometimes the memories of the 23rd are still there, but the 24th is gone somehow ;). My hometown is Emden btw, is this a tradition somewhere else, too? Oh and we eat potato salad and sausage on Heiligabend, the main dinner is the day after.
As a german i think it's funny that the US has changed Santa Clause/Nikolaus that much he has been reimported to germany as the "Weihnachtsmann" (="Cristmas man") and now we have Nikolaus who brings stuff at the night of 05.12./06.12. AND the Weihnachtsmann who brings presents at 24.12. evening while the family is at the church
Pagan tradition would be Midwinter.
The 21st of december as the shortest day of the yaer.
A celebraition of the returning of the Sun cause the days are gettin longer after that day. :)
here in Greece, the tradition is that Saint Basil brings the gifts on New Year's Day
I love chrismas in germany and the uk. I was working for 5 years in Liverpool and I loved it more or less same way as the german. The 24.12. in Liverpool was always funtastic. I like the more family version in germany, with the chrismas markets... but this f.. year is different... nohing normal.. f... pandemic.
Fingers crossed next year is pandemic free!
The Christkind that delivers presents is actually more like an angel and not baby Jesus. 😂 Like the girls/woman that can be found on some Christmas markets, wearing long white and golden dresses. No baby can carry all of those presents, but a grown up angel surely can 🤷🏻♀️
I'd wish that my Thunderbird had built in some clever AI, so my christmas filtering list wouldn't be five pages long (Times New Roman, 10pt). I'd LOVE to tell my mail program something like,
"IF the subject mentions something christmassy, OR a christmas-related word IS IN the text, THEN DELETE without further notice".
Don't wish me a merry one. My list is pretty accurate and keeps learning.
I have similar filtering lists for "birthday" and "easter". And I never move anything to the "probably junk" or "read later" folder. I fire a DELETE command via IMAP, and it's gone.
o_O Hi, Scrooge....
I believe that Christmas in Germany is more strongly relating to catholic tradition compared to the UK (despite the protestant history in many areas). We have an Adventskranz, setup the crip (without christchild, which is added at Christmas Eve), a Christmas pyramid and later on in December the tree, of course.
I suspect that Christmas in Germany is so special because the celebration is way older than the church. The Church basically rebranded an old pagan celebration. A lot of what we do around Christmas grew out of our own traditions.
@@swanpride Good Point!
I believe in catholic tradition kids only got present at St. Nichlas. As Protestant revolution removed saints that tradition of presents was moved to X-mad eve.
You are living in Dortmund? My Girlfriend lives in Dortmund too and i love that City. I will be there at Christmas.
Hi Richie, the Adventskranz represents the 4000 years, mankind had to wait for the Messiah. It used to be a " small lent ", before the big Christmas event. So only on a Sunday, you were allowed to eat the typical bakeries for coffee or tea time .
Each new candle lit showed that the Messiah was soon to come. We used to sing Advent songs around the table. When it became dark, Bratäpfel, filled apples with nuts, marcipane were served out of the oven. These were very cosy moments. My Dad told us stories from his childhood, only Mark Twaine could invent more. We made decorations for the Christmas tree out of straw and metal foil. On St. Nicolaus day, the St. Bishop sometime came along with his servant , Knecht Ruprecht. He had a golden and a black book, in which our good deeds, but also the nasty things were listed. Depending on the balance, we got our presents out of a big sack.
The elder children often were beaten with a stick ( not severely ) by Knecht Ruprecht. But when they could sing a Christmas or Santa charol, they also were rewarded out of the present sack.
Christmas gifts were brought by the Christkind, not Baby Jesus, but the Christmas Angel, who is watching over the Holy Family with little Jesus in a crade. The 3 Kings were added to the scene on Jan 6th.
Well, there is a coming and going during the whole season, visiting family and friends, a lot of eating and children playing with their new toys. Of course, the fathers must test these first, meaning the kids can watch their fathers playing with the carrera racing cars.
Yes, we love to spend this time as families. Parties are for New Year's Eve.
Have a great time! 🎄🎅 Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas to you too 🎅🎄☃️
Great Vlog! :)
The "Christkindel" that brings the presents is not little Jesus. Its the Angel that proclaimed the birth of the Messias to the shepherders - so my grandmother told me. Nowerdays it brings unseen the presents to the childs on Christmaseve. Almost every household with this tradition has a little bell, that is rang when the "Christkindel" has come and some silver or golden hair (almost nylon) that is hung in the christmastree as evidence, that it was the "Christkindel" and not the father while he was on toilette ;-)
Sausage or Boulette with potato salad is more a later tradition born out of the Wirtschaftswunder. Really traditional is to have a especially poor meal on Christmaseve like "Brotsuppe" or "Graupensuppe" or some especially poor family recipes.
Thats all ... have a nice Christmas on your kind and dont forget: It is mainly for the children, no matter what you believe in or not 😊
It's a misunderstanding (even lots of Germans have), that Christkind and Baby Jesus are the same. In todays German we differ between Christuskind=Baby Jesus and Christkind=an angel. Only in older hymns Christkind is also used for the newborn Jesus. But the Christkind, which Martin Luther invented, is an angel (look at the famous Nuremberg Christkindl). It's the angel who comes to the shepherds and to the people of Bethlehem, to tell them the good news.
The Christkinds song are the verses 1-5 of "Vom Himmel hoch, da komm ich her".
I think that Advent is more of a Catholic thing, hence the reason it's not celebrated in the UK. However, I may be wrong on that.
Oh, and with regards to celebrating on the 24th December. According to my mother-in-law this wasn't the case when she was a child, it also used to be celebrated on 25th December. It seems this started later, I think more in the 60's or 70's.
Das evangelische Kirchenjahr beginnt mit dem Advent also eher nein.
The Christchild is an invention of Martin Luther to counter St. Nikolas, but it's not the baby Jesus.
Hi. I'm not very religious and emotional. And i don't think we need all that gifts, markets, bling bling lights and typical season stuff. They are goodies- a cherry on the cream. But go for a walk on Holly Eve, look in the windows and at some point you can feel that special christmas spirit in the air.
- Equate Baby Jesus and "Christkind", who's seen more like an female angel, might be a confusion.
-donating is also an important part of Christmas, although it should be all year round. I'm excited how high the willingness to donate will be in this problematic 2020.
Despite everything a nice advent season.....
Ich vermisse die Weihnachtsmärkte, in Spanien ist es nicht die gleiche Stimmung
Weihnachten auf den Kanaren bei 21°C war immer ungewöhnlich!
Ho Ho Ho
Nikolaus or Santa Claus is only in catholic regions in Germany. Protestants in Franken have the Pelzmärtel, that is on November the eleventh. To "pelzen" meant to cane somebody in old german. This is why this character is carrying a brushwood broom. It is the sign of punishment. On the other side, there are nuts and dried fruits as a gift. So basically, this beardo is punishing the bad habits and gives reward for good behaviour. Goose or Carp are the traditional food on 24th. And yes, the Christkind delivers the presents to the kids, disguised as the Hermes or DHL driver.No christmas pickles - no coked up Hollywood beardo.
Nikolaustag is a big thing here in Schleswig-Holstein and has always been. Parents can even take children's shoes to a supermarket and have them filled there.
@@grandmak. Sorry granny, i made the mistake to say it is in the whole of the protestant Germany. I meant, in the region of Frankonia. ;-)
@@gluteusmaximus1657 alles gut, Gluteus maximus - interessanter Muskel by the way.
@@grandmak. Tja, der größte Muskel eben.
@@gluteusmaximus1657 maximus, schon klar