From Advent to Christmas Eve: My Family's German Christmas Traditions

Come along as I am sharing some of our most beloved German Christmas traditions, such as advent calendars, advent wreaths, when we are actually setting up the Christmas tree to festive holiday drinks.

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[donnasmith]

Everything was lovely! When my mom was growing up ( 9 children in the family), there was no tree on Christmas Eve when they went to bed BUT, on Christmas morning they woke up to a beautiful Christmas tree. She thought it was magical!

[amythinks]

I married a German and I'm always asking him about German Christmas traditions so I can incorporate them into our home (we are in Northern California, not Germany) so our kids can have a piece of their heritage. But he's a guy, and not a very festive one, so I'm always searching for stuff. I have Maria von Trapp's book about her family's traditions but since that's Austria, it's not exactly right. This channel is like my Bible for German stuff. And since you live near me, I know if you can get for baking or decorating or whatever, I can get it too. So, no excuses! Thanks for videos like this. I love them.

[JMCass-bpsb]

An English lady whose mother was French & her father is Italian had the very same carousel with the candles, it was broken & she brought it to the experts on an English tv show called The Repair Shop.
The fans were broken, the pieces weren't turning & the expert carpenter fixed all the damage & when she came with her father & her daughter to collect it, there were beautiful hand made bees wax candles made by the mechanical expert from his own bees wax.
It was emotional to see their reaction & it brought back memories for them of her Mother lightning it at Christmas.
Seeing the traditions being kept alive is so important & the atmosphere of expectation waiting for Baby Jesus to arrive...thank you for this heartwarming video.

[irisjakob]

Wunderbar, dass du so viele Weihnachtstraditionen aus Deutschland mitgebracht hast. Ich hab gleich mein Räuchermännchen (ein Pilzsucher) an gemacht.

[shandellelitavish]

When I was a little girl I remember putting our wooden shoes outside the front door for St. Nicholas treats. Unbeknownst to us kids my father dressed as St. Nicholas and a neighbor dressed as an elf, we laughed and took pictures and had cookies when all of a sudden he and the elf ran out the door and we all chased his up the stairs and up to the ladder of the attic we grabbed his boot and he was gone🥰we loved that boot. We were in Muhswieler and Wiesbaden so many good memories.

[carolblazevic]

Thank you for taking me down memory lane and the wonderful German traditions my mother kept alive after immigrating.

[judyhenry]

Thanks for a wonderful video. I love my advent wreath and I remember my German grandparents lighting their candles on the tree on Christmas Eve. My grandfather always went to the barn on Christmas Eve to talk to the animals and give them extra food.

[Pax]

Some beautiful Catholic traditions. God Bless you and your loved ones this Christmas .
Pax Vobiscum

[valentinaleissler]

Thank you very much for reminding me of all the wonderful German traditions I grew up with! My mother was Italian and my father was German. I had the best of both worlds! On my own now but I'm still trying to do what I can to continue all the lovely traditions that celebrate the birth of baby Jesus. Merry Christmas to you and your loved ones🌲🌲🌲🌲

[curban]

I love your channel..those of us who have German heritage love seeing the things that are celebrated there. Thank you for sharing all of your traditions. Beautiful!

[christian]

We do almost all these except for the polishing of the boots. There is nothing like Christmas in Germany. Thank you for sharing!

[donnarouse]

A little tip from navy bootcamp, spit shining and adding a little water to the flat can og polish and use a circular motion!

[roszcutler]

I really enjoyed your video on German traditions. I’m Italian and born and raised here but both of my parents came straight from Italy 🇮🇹. I try to follow some traditions of Italy.

[doerthemanahan]

I’m from Hamburg, Germany, but have lived in Michigan for over 50 years. German Christmas traditions are upheld more in the US than Germany. The American Santa-clause has long ago been introduced in Germany, American Christmas songs are played in every department store in German cities and tree decorations are no longer the simple ones as in this tree. I still have many relatives in Germany who have only truly held on to the Advent season, even though I don’t know anyone still having any connection with religion. Many churches are empty on Sundays and often are used for secular events.

[carmens]

This took me back to my early childhood in Germany, thank you for sharing!

[sylviaweber]

Vielen Dank! My parents came from Salzburg, Austria and we kept all their traditions. SO fun to see your video! Frohe Weihnachten und einen guten Rutsch ins neue Jahr!

[tsilbaugh]

May I ask how you met your husband and have come to live in CA? Do you miss living in Germany? Such lovely traditions you’ve shared!

[carolforest]

My great grandparents were from the Bavarian region of Germany. I remember my grandmother polishing the silver. Also, she had a medal decoration that had the candles lit an moved angels around. Dad always waited to cut th😢e tree down a couple of days beforehand. We would start counting the 12 days of Christmas from that point. Oh, my grandmother told of the tradition of charcoal in your stoking if you were bad anytime between Christmases. She got some one year. Merry Christmas to you and your family .

[karenr]

Thanks for sharing. I love Germany and learning more about my family history. My family came to the a long time ago.
Merry Christmas to you and yours.

[Diane]

Very lovely video! I’m German/Irish and truly appreciated your presentation of your holiday traditions. Merry Christmas to you and your family! 😊