Germany's many Christmas markets are ideal places to shop for holiday goods. With sometimes hundreds of vendors selling handmade crafts and artisanal gifts, there's a lot to choose from.

modern-day Christmas is associated with a feeling of coziness, getting together with the family and gift giving. The roots of these customs can arguably be traced back to Germany. In the English ...

The Christ Child - seen here played by Barbara Otto in 2016 - opens Nuremberg's Christmas market The mayor ... teenage girl picked to be a Christmas gift-bringer. A member of Alternative for ...

In some places, this gift-bringer evolved into a distinct character: a female angel with flowing blond locks. Instead of writing to Santa, Austrian children send their Christmas letters to her ...

sausages and gifts. After Friday’s attack, cities across Germany sent extra patrols to the thousands of Christmas markets that remained open on Saturday. In Cologne, the authorities banned ...

An Evangelical Church congregation in Germany could face criminal charges for holding an “anti-colonial” Christmas market that sold banned Hamas symbols. Prosecutors are investigating the ...