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Dec
4 - St. Barbara Day
Dec
4 - the day our ancestors cut a
cherry tree branch
(or
forsythia), placed in a vase,
indoors - to bloom for Christmas
Day.
Advent starts on the fourth
Sunday before Christmas and is a
countdown to the coming of
Christ. Christians mark Advent
with special hymns and readings
in church; symbolic candles are
also lit to light the way for
Christ.
Dec
6 - St. Nicholas Feast Day,
which falls early in the
Advent season
Dec
8 - Feast of the
Immaculate Conception
Dec 24 - Christmas Eve
Dec
25 - Birth of Christ
Dec 26 - St.
Stephen's Feast Day
King
Stefan, who later was declared a saint, was
responsible for the political
unification and growth of the old
greater Hungary which lasted
over 100 years and which was one
of the aggravating thorns for the Serbian people.
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'Village street in winter'
Stefan Jäger Art Collection
Christkind: Christ Child
Christkindl: Christ Child (Bavarian)
Christkindlmarkt: Christmas Market
Tannenbaum: Fir Tree
Weihnachtsbaum: Christmas tree
Fröhliche Weihnachten: Merry Christmas
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External Links . . .
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The
Controversial Christmas
Pickle
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In Old World
Germany, the last decoration placed on the Christmas
Tree was always a pickle, carefully hidden deep in the
boughs.
Legend has it that the observant child who found
it on Christmas Day was blessed with a year of good
fortune and a special gift. |
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