Christmas in different countrys(jõulud erinevates maades)
People often set aside
special evenings for baking spiced cakes and cookies, and making gifts and decorations. Little
dolls of fruit are traditional Christmas toys.
Children leave letters on their windowsills for Christkind, a winged figure dressed in white
robes and a golden crown who distributes gifts. Sometimes the letters are decorated with glue
and sprinkled with sugar to make them sparkle.
Germans make beautiful gingerbread houses and cookies. The German Christmas tree
pastry, Christbaumgeback, is a white dough that can be molded into shapes and baked for
tree decorations.
In parts of Germany, people believe that the Christ Child sends a messenger in Christmas
Eve. He appears as an angel in a white robe and crown, bearing gifts. The angel is called
Christkind. There is also a Christmas Eve figure called Weihnachtsmann or Christmas
Man, he looks like Santa Claus and also brings gifts.
Some homes in Germany have several Christmas trees, and in all towns across Germany,
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