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Links to more Christmas Treats: 

View live the Nürnberger  Christkindl Market 
Ruedesheimer Christmas Market
Christmas Fair in Essen
A visit to Santa's Village
Gingerbread House Workshop
Gingerbread House
Advent Calendar 1
Christmas Trivia Quiz
Visit Santa in Lapland

Find your Classic Christmas Carols CDs and more.

From one of America's premier culinary publications comes a delectable assortment of more than 125 traditional and new Christmas recipes, accompanied by holiday menu suggestions, entertainment tips, and special Christmas treats.

Creating a Welcoming Home for the Holidays

In this collection of her Christmas recipes, Delia Smith demonstrates how you can easily cope with the whole gamut of Christmas entertaining, whilst still having plenty of time to relax with your family and friends.

More Lifestyles:
Christmas
Christmas Food

Christmas Presents
Toys for Christmas

Rum Pot
Traditional English  Afternoon Tea

Halloween
Thanksgiving
New Year
Valentine's Day

Fondue Party
Easter
Mother's Day
Ladies who Lunch
Declutter your Life
 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   


Have a very Merry Christmas!


 Madonna and Child

A German Christmas Celebration   

 

 


Advent Celebration
Make the most of your 
pre Christmas time, 
by baking well in advance. 
All these cakes and 
biscuits can be baked 
well ahead of time and it
will also improve their flavour. 
Gingerbread 

Cinnamon Stars
Vanilla Kipferl
Dresdner Stollen
Mohnstollen
Quarkstollen
Elisen Lebkuchen
Berliner Brot

Honig Lebkuchen
will make ideal presents.

 Zimtsterne
Cinnamon Stars 
will make a  yummy present

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Christmas is a quiet time in Germany. People are in a thoughtful mood.
Everywhere the main streets are decorated and all towns, large or small have Christmas Markets. 
The Christmas season begins on the first Sunday before Christmas with the lighting of the first candle on the Adventskranz, Advent wreath, which is decorated with four candles. On the first Sunday the first candle is lit followed by the second one on the second Sunday, and so on.... 
Children have an Advent Calendar for the countdown to Christmas, where they open a little window for every day, until the 24th.

On the 6th of December, St. Nickolaus comes to bring the children baskets filled with goodies, such as fruits, nuts and candies. Children have to give an account of their behaviour for the year and if they were good, St. Nickolaus rewards them. .
A few days before Christmas a tree is selected  and decorated. On Christmas Eve, the 24th, which is called Heiliger Abend (Holy Night), the doors are locked to the living room  and children are not allowed in until the the Christkindl has been. When the children enter the candles will be lit on the tree and everybody gathers around it to sing Christmas songs, before the presents will be exchanged.
Afterwards the family will sit down for Dinner of
Roast Goose, potato dumplings and Red Cabbage.
At Midnight many people will go to Midnight Mass to celebrate Christmas.
The following 2 days are spent visiting Family and Friends. 
On the 6th of January the tree will be taken down, which is the  Day of the three kings ( Tag der Heiligen Drei Könige, a holiday in Germany) and all the decoration is put away for another year. 

                                                              

Schuhmann Lebkuchen

You can now buy Schuhmann Nürnberger Lebkuchen in the USA
Traditional German Specialty.
Lebkuchen, Dominoes, Stollen, Speculatius and Butter Biscuits.

Schuhmann Lebkuchen in the USA

Traditional German Specialty, Includes (3200g net) 15 different Lebkuchen, Dominoes, Stollen, Speculatius and Butter Biscuits.

 

 

 

 

If you have no time or don't want to bake yourself,
 try these delicious treats direct from Germany,
 they are nearest thing to Heaven.

Lebkuchen-Schmidt in Europe

The Magic of a German Christmas Market

Handmade beeswax candles, 
Handcrafted Christmas Decorations.....
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 Have a very merry Christmas and a happy New Year

Christmas Carols, the exited faces of children, the aroma of Glühwein mixed with Bratwurst, Lebkuchen, sweet roasted Almonds, gift stalls, all these all add up to the fairytale atmosphere of a Christmas market.
                 Inge's Christmas Heirlooms

 

 

 


www.inge-glas.com

Authentic German Ornaments

 



Hand painted baubles

  Your Health at the busiest time of the year!

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