When did christmas start in germany?
Christmas in Germany goes back in history to the days of St. Nicholas. Nicholas was born in Asia Minor during the third century in the Greek colony of Patara in Lycia in the Roman province of Asia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Nicholas#Life The German Christmas traditions http://www.santas.net/germanchristmas.htm Christmas is extremely popular worldwide. It is one of the most powerful and certainly oldest traditions in human history. Holiday celebrations in Germany start in earnest with the beginning of Advent. On that day children get to open the first of the 24 doors of their Adventskalender. Christmas, or as the Germans call it – “Weihnachten” Families exchange their gifts on the night of the 24th. Two more Christmas holidays follow, the 25th and the 2nd Christmas Day, the 26th of December. http://www.germanculture.com.ua/library/weekly/aa120298a.htm December 6 is Nikolaustag, St. Claus day, you leave out a shoe or boot outside the door Dec.5 and the next morning you find pres
