Yet the German tradition of opening presents on Christmas Eve remains, even up to the present day. Around 4 p.m. on Dec. 24, tea and snacks are typically served to guests — who arrived earlier ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. People lay flowers in the cathedral square of Magdeburg, Germany, ...

What he wanted was Christmas presents for the soldiers on the Eastern ... that would turn the keen winds of the Russian winter. The German people, he admitted, had already given all they ...

Al-Abdulmohsen — a far-right extremist who spewed anti-German and anti ... was “so looking forward to Christmas” but “will never be able to unwrap his presents. “With his cheerful ...

He said: “There is lunch and tea, the children decorate part of the Christmas tree. “Presents are opened, a practice from Germany which never caught on nationally unlike decorating the tree ...

Christmas markets are a huge part of German culture as an annual holiday ... Christmas market," and that there were many families present. She and her child were able to jump to the side of ...

Despite the change in name, German Christmas traditions have endured. Emily Burack (she/her) is the Senior News Editor for Town & Country, where she covers entertainment, celebrities, the royals ...