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Fact of the Day • Contents

 
Adventskalender: Facts of the Day

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Twenty-four interesting Christmas facts – one for each day of Advent leading up to Christmas (December 1-24).

  1 | Der Adventskalender: The Advent Calendar Custom
  2 | Weihnachtsmärkte - Christmas Markets
  3 | Stollen und Striezel - Christmas Bread
  4 | Barbarazweig - Saint Barbara
  5 | Advent Wreath - Adventskranz
  6 | Der Nikolaustag - St. Nick’s Day
  7 | Christkindlanschießen - Bavaria’s Christmas Gunfire
  8 | Lichterzug in Nürnberg
  9 | Das Datum - The Date for Christmas
10 | Origin of the word Weihnachten
11 | Christmas Lights in Germany: Weihnachtshäuser
12 | Die Bescherung - Exchanging Gifts

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13 | Christmas Cards - Weihnachtskarten
14 | Der Christbaum - The Christmas Tree (der Tannenbaum)
15 | Weihnachtsrose - Christmas Rose
16 | Die Weihnachtspyramide
17 | The Secret Christmas Tree
18 | German and Austrian Christmas Carols
19 | German Christmas Ornaments
20 | Thomasnacht & Klötzenbacken
21 | Nutcrackers - Nussknacker
22 | The Manger - Die Krippe
23 | Regional Christmas Customs
24 | Die Bescherung 2

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