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2. Käthe Wohlfahrt - Wikipedia

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   Käthe-Wohlfahrt (German pronunciation: [ˌkɛːtə ˈvoːlfaːɐ̯t]) is a German company that sells Christmas decorations and articles. Its head office is in Rothenburg ob der Tauber in Bavaria. According to the tourism site for the state of Bavaria, "the unique Christmas store with more than 30,000 traditional German Christmas decorations ...

3. Striezelmarkt - Wikipedia

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   These symbols can still be found in the Christmas ornaments sold at the Striezelmarkt. Candle pyramids (Christmas pyramid) In many parts of Germany, the candle pyramid (lightstock) is brought out every year to light up the room at Christmas. Two to five round wooden tiers, gradually smaller towards the top, are built onto a central rod.

4. Christmas market - Wikipedia

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   The largest Christmas market and one of the most well known is the Vienna Christmas World on Rathausplatz, near the Rathaus, Vienna's historic city hall. The market draws 3 million people each year and includes 150 unique stalls that offer traditional Austrian foods, Christmas decorations and ornaments, handicrafts, and drinks.

5. Lauscha - Wikipedia

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   Lauscha is the setting for the novel The Glassblower by Petra Durst-Benning (initially published in German in 2003). The novel fictionalizes the invention of glass Christmas ornaments in Lauscha by imagining them as the production of a family of three sisters left to fend for themselves after the death of their father.

6. Leipzig Christmas Market - Wikipedia

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   Leipzig Christmas Market (1950) Its history goes back to 1458. In notes by Johann Jacob Vogel from 1714 [2] there is the note: "Anno 1458. Frederick II, Elector of Saxony, Marggraff of Meissen and Hertzog of Saxony / publicly advertised the Weynachtsmarckt / and the city / because of the loyal service rendered / as shown to him by the council / and the citizens / thus pardoned."

7. Christmas decoration - Wikipedia

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   Figural glass Christmas ornaments originated in the small town of Lauscha, Germany in the latter half of the 19th century. [21] The town had long produced fine glassware. The production of Christmas ornaments became a family affair for many people. Some families invested 16 hours a day in production. For some, it was their sole source of income.