Wednesday, December 28, 2011

Advent Calendars

Like in America kids in Germany do get Advent calendars with the most popular ones containing chocolate. Other popular ones have toys, candy, little notes or parts of a story, and I have seen one that was an Advent calendar with different types of tea each day.

This is a picture of the Advent calendar that I got, which contained chocolate!

Another German custom is Advent wreaths, which are normally hand made by a family member. Advent wreaths are made of evergreen leaves and have four candles, signifying  the 4 sundays before Christmas. Even thought the one my host family and I made is not a wreath, it still held the same purpose .

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