Month: December 2010
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Silvester Is A Modern Day Party Of Ancient New Year’s Traditions
German Silvester is a fun-filled modern-day New Year’s Eve party that is chock full of ancient traditions, like divination, good luck charms, and noise and fire for warding off evil.
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German Christmas Pickle — The Truth Behind The Tradition
The origins of German Christmas Pickle tradition may not be authentically German, but the legend of these pickled vegetable holiday decorations still persist.
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Celebrate The Memory Of Beloved Poet Heinrich Heine On December 13th
Heinrich Heine was a prominent German writer of Jewish ancestry who has written such beloved poems as Die Lorelai, and experienced an extraordinary life.
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A (Virtual) Tour Of Ten Magnificent German Cathedrals
Germany is home to many incredible cathedrals, including the Cathedrals of Aachen, Augsburg, Berlin, Cologne, Erfurt, Hildesheim, Magdeburg, Mainz, Münster and Worms.