This is also the time when people get together with their family and spend quality time with each other, follow customs and traditions ... and cheer with Christmas in Germany and Austria.

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In the 19th century, the tradition of counting down to Christmas four Sundays before ... hanging giant advent calendars from buildings in Germany are popular in the recent years.

The Christmas season is a time when the French set aside their treasured notion of being a staunchly secular country to revel in holiday traditions ... region bordering Germany proclaims itself ...

A giant Christmas tree was taken down and fed to Himalayan tahr in Germany. Footage shows the 100-year-old fir tree towering 59ft (18m) being chainsawed off the garden of Schonbrunn Palace on0. It was ...

He has lived in Germany since 2006 ... s part of a centuries-old German tradition. It prompted several other German towns to cancel their weekend Christmas markets as a precaution and out of ...

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The latest deadly assault on a beloved German tradition illustrates ... and Jenny Gross For years, Germany has been strengthening security measures around Christmas markets in reaction to an ...

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The year’s Christmas market is in the old market ... covering politics, society and culture in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. More about Christopher F. Schuetze ...

MAGDEBURG, Germany (AP ... is a terrible tragedy and one human life too many." Christmas markets are a huge part of German culture as an annual holiday tradition cherished since the Middle ...

Germany is credited with starting the tradition of the Christmas tree, according to History.com, with 16th century records telling of Christians bringing trees into their homes for the holiday.