Before the invention of the Advent Calendar, families would put a chalk mark on the wall to mark the days from Advent to Christmas. The first ones were made in the mid-1800s, with the first mass-produced, printed ones being made in Munich in 1903. These days, it is usually chocolate or a small toy.
Each window or door on the calendar has something behind it to delight the children.
CHRISMAS WINDOW CANDLES WITH SHUT IOFF SWITCH WINDOWS
The calendars have twenty-four windows or doors, and one is opened each day from the beginning of Advent up to Christmas. It was designed to more fully involve children in the celebrations leading up to Christmas. Most people are familiar with this one, even if they are not German or of German descent. Originally, there were nineteen smaller candles on it, too, which were used to help children count down the days until Christmas, but today, only the four Sunday candles are used. One candle is lit each of the four Sundays before Christmas. It is a homemade wreath (it HAS to be homemade) that has four candles on it. The Advent wreath is used on all four Sundays before Christmas. Other signs and celebrations of Advent include making gingerbread houses, putting up nativity scenes, and decorating with wooden nutcrackers and Christmas pyramids. If you buy your Lebkuchen at a fair or street market, it may also have holiday messages written on it in icing. It is kind of like gingerbread, and contains honey, spices, and nuts it can be made hard or soft and served with or without icing. Lebkuchen is also eaten on Advent and during the rest of the Christmas season. It is a cake that is filled with chopped fruit, nuts, and spices, and usually sprinkled with powdered sugar. Stollen is the oldest documented food created specifically to eat on Christmas in Germany. On Advent, stolen is eaten, usually in great quantities.
The first of these Sundays is called Advent. Germans actually begin celebrating Christmas four Sundays before Christmas Day. Here are some of the top German Christmas traditions you should know about.
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