Celebrating the Christmas season in Germany

Lately I have been really fascinated by the Christmas traditions in Germany. From the festive markets to the beautiful decor, Germany really lights up Christmas. In a way, I feel like it is the true home of Christmas tradition. So, I reached out to one of my German readers and writer of, Random Poison, who resides in Germany and asked her all about the traditions in her native home. She was nice enough to write us a guest post on the traditions throughout the season. I became immediately interested in the similarities between Germany and the U.S., but even more intrigued by the differences. I would like to share with you her post. It is about as warm and fuzzy as Christmas can get. In fact, it has inspired me to start sharing some of these traditions with my own family…

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