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Germany Santa
Item # 14003
A wonderful Christmas custom that is participated in by family and friends is making gingerbread, Lebkuchen, during the holidays, with the Gingerbread House being the most challenging and fun. Still today, in some villages, each family brings a model of their home to a central location where the village is recreated in miniature. Then, on New Year's Day, the children break the houses apart and eat them to celebrate the New Year. The tree the Santa is holding represents one of Germany's natural resources, timber. Plus, the custom of trimming and lighting a Christmas tree had its origin in pre-Christian Germany with the tree symbolizing the Garden of Eden. It was called the "Paradise Baum," or tree of Paradise. Gradually, the custom of dec
Germany Santa Pipka Santas Santas Item # 14003
A wonderful Christmas custom that is participated in by family and friends is making gingerbread, Lebkuchen, during the holidays, with the Gingerbread House being the most challenging
Price: $25.00
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